This paper examines the evolution of income inequality over the past half a century and considers whether economic globalisation has been responsible for the rising degree of income inequality. It is argued that the minimisation of the degree of income inequality cannot and should not be the...

In this paper, various new ideas for the enhancement of the world trade and investment systems are proposed. The first idea is a proposal for feasible transitional compensatory taxes which can enable the compensation of losers by the winners caused by the expansion of trade in a given country in...

China and East Asia have survived the global financial crisis of 2007-9 reasonably unscathed. China has achieved a real rate of growth of 9.1 percent in 2009 and 11.1 percent year-over-year in the first half of 2010. Other economies in East Asia, such as Singapore, South Korea and Taiwan, have...

It is in the long-term interests of both the EU and China to encourage innovation collaboration. Transnational innovation networks or ecosystems can boost innovation outcomes for both sides. European and Chinese leaders should encourage an open mindset among policymakers, businesses, researchers...

This is the third of a sequence of papers on international flows of trade among fifteen Pacific Basin (PB) countries and between them and eleven regions in the Rest of the World (ROW). In Part I of the sequence (Hickman, Kuroda and Lau, 1977a) we presented and documented annual data on bilateral...

This is the third of a sequence of papers on international flows of trade among fifteen Pacific Basin (PB) countries and between them and eleven regions in the Rest of the World (ROW). In Part I of the sequence (Hickman, Kuroda and Lau, 1977a) we presented and documented annual data on bilateral...