The paper explores the potential impact of regional economic integration on Myanmar, a country that has suffered from more than 20 years of Western sanctions. The country’s accession into the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) offered economic and trading opportunities, while the...

First the financial market, then the product market... surely the time has come for deregulation of the labour market? Social theorists argue that labour market deregulation is something of an oxymoron. The market for labour power will always be regulated by someone, if not by the state or the...