Declining U.S. Competitiveness

Declining U.S. Competitiveness

For a long time, the United States was ranked as having the world’s most competitive economy, according to the Swiss-based IMD World Competitiveness Center. But we fell behind Singapore and Hong Kong in 2010. But at least the U.S. stayed in the top...
Singapore vs. Hong Kong

Singapore vs. Hong Kong

I have written very favorably about Hong Kong and I have also sung the praises of Singapore. But if you want to know which jurisdiction has a brighter future, it certainly seems like Singapore will be the long-run winner. The above video is a segment from my...
Singapore vs. Hong Kong

Market-Driven Growth and the Asian Tigers

I’m currently in Tanzania as part of a speaking tour in Africa. My remarks today largely repeated the message I gave to an audience last week in Nigeria. So I won’t bother sharing anything from my presentation. Instead, I want to highlight some numbers from...