by admin | May 15, 2025
China’s economic rise this century has coincided with its people venturing out to spend their money or find new economic opportunities, often to positive effect but sometimes with less favourable outcomes. Take, for instance, Manila. Chinese-owned casino firms...
by admin | May 22, 2023
If you think anxiety is a bad thing, consider deadlines. They often induce anxiety yet they also motivate people to complete tasks. To Dr Bonnie Hayden Cheng of the Faculty of Business and Economics, they are an example of the positive potential of anxiety.Dr Cheng...
by admin | Nov 21, 2022
Dr Mingzhu Tai and Professor Chen Lin, Stelux Professor in Finance, from the HKU Business School, were particularly interested in the mechanisms that were driving the increase in deposits during the pandemic and, for their study entitled ‘How Did Depositors Respond to...
by admin | May 26, 2022
In the 18th century, the Qing dynasty was at its height: China was a global superpower and its coffers were full. By the end of the next century, all that had changed. While other major regions, in particular Europe and North America, were industrialising, China...
by admin | May 26, 2022
Money is different things to different people, none more so than economists and anthropologists. Economists often see money as an instrument that makes bartering in the market run smoother – it’s easier to trade dollars than lug around actual cows and bags of rice for...
