Banning the Indian rupee notes really was dumb
The cash ban was floated in a Tamil action film, of all places, yet somehow became real policy
My shoot in the Sundarbans near Calcutta
Going off-road and off-grid to document an NGO’s work in West Bengal
Egypt Independent is strangled in its crib
Independent journalism is a bad business everywhere but in Egypt politics makes it worse
The ‘unexpected’ China slowdown was entirely foreseeable
Analysts profess surprise at the China slowdown that I saw out the car window in Fujian a year ago
The China boom is over. That could be good
Will young Chinese respond to slower economic growth by going into the arts? Or politics?
The New York Times launches India Ink
Its first ever country-specific blog, on all things Indian. Why I’ve waited twenty years for this
The wisdom of the New York Times comments section
Times readers know the debt ceiling debate is bogus, but it works on them anyway
More evidence the China building boom is ending
But here are the astounding numbers on what they’ve built
The great China infrastructure build-out is almost over
China’s building boom has been going on for 20 years; a recent visit to Fujian shows that’s ending.
Reading the New Yorker on Islam and economic growth
The middle class everywhere competes on skills; in Egypt connections matter most. That’s the problem