If you came across references to Central Bank Digital Currency (CBDC), did you wonder if it is like cryptocurrency? Good CBDCs are very diff

Universal Basic Income sounds crazy but it has been tested and might be adopted in the USA before the end of this century.

During my one-week visit to Istanbul, I met two Turkish history professors who are experts on the Ottoman Empire. I have hard evidence now.

The father of my paternal grandfather, Alexis SORLIN-D’ORIGNY, lived in Constantinople and died there in 1884. But what was he doing there?

Youth unemployment is rising in countries at all income levels. If the trend continues, it could become seriously socially destabilizing.

Japan’s population is shrinking, but this is not a catastrophe as portrayed in many news reports and commentaries.

There is good news about Parami U, but the Mess in Myanmar has gotten messier.

Here are some thoughts on the “village movement” based on my experience in Washington, DC.

This is the fourth letter I've sent to the FT editor that they published. It won't make me popular in the fintech community.

Here are my thoughts on what to expect in the coming year.

Washington DC has been my primary residence since September 1973 when my wife Alaire and I moved here from Indonesia with our...

The crucial issue is whether the Democratic Party will retain its majority but there is a deeper issue.

A lot has happened since my last update, which was sent out on 19 December 2021. Here's the bad news followed by the good news.

The Financial Times seems to like my letters. This is the third one they have published since the beginning of this year.

In my 19 April 2022 Letter to the Editor of the Financial Times, I suggested that the G20 global policy forum be replaced by a G15.

I have tried to get the Biden Administration to include a “new city” project in their program to reduce migration from Central America.

In my 9 February 2022 Letter to the Editor of the Financial Times, I wrote about the problem of unsustainable debt owed to China.

In my February 2022 Letter to the Editor of the Washington Post, I suggested that growing the US population to 800 million is a lousy idea.

One of my Peace Corps group mates had the idea of building a sports complex in Palestine for Middle East youth. Here is our elevator pitch.

A friend had the brilliant idea for an amendment that would stop campaign financing by corporations. Here is our elevator pitch.