José I. Duarte
Opinion
- 396 POSTSOpinion – Diversification redux
The theme of diversification has a long tradition in economics or, more particularly, economic policy...
Opinion – Double cushion
The Macau economy has the characteristics of an economic enclave, with several unique features. It...
Opinion – Taking a break
It is easy to feel a bit confused and anxious nowadays. Newspapers, web, radio, and...
Opinion – Times like these
The coronavirus pandemic is taking a heavy toll the world over – in public health,...
Opinion – Prima Aprilis
Today is the first day of April. This is absolutely true (in case you had...
Opinion – Weak impact
The Commission of Audit has just published a new report. Interestingly, it is a report...
Opinion – Focus and balance
Just when everything seemed to be going fine, came a turn for the worse. We...
Opinion – Uncertain outlook
According to the first available estimates, casino revenues stood between MOP100 billion and MOP200 million...
Opinion – Deep impact
At the time of this writing, the signals about the development of the coronavirus epidemics...
Opinion – Moving on
We are approaching a full month without a new case of coronavirus. The resolve of...
Opinion – Glass half full
At this juncture, few will still doubt the impact of the coronavirus epidemic will be...
Opinion – Riding the waves
This week marks a turning point for the coronavirus epidemic. The city starts moving back...
Opinion – What lays ahead
These are challenging times for public health and the economy. Macau has until now been...
Opinion – Unpredictable, not uncontrollable
People who have been around long enough will have difficulty avoiding a certain feeling of...
Opinion – Rough waters
The stats available for 2019 leave little doubt that last year saw the economy contract....
Opinion – Wuhan factor
Macau's economic performance depends on many factors. Most of them, including some, if not the...
Diversification redux
Diversification was a critical topic in the inauguration of the new Chief Executive. It was...
Opinion – On plastic bags
In August last year, the Legislative Assembly approved a law concerning the usage of plastic...
Opinion – On track
Yesterday was the day. For the first time, the long, long-awaited light rail system started...
2020
Over the last fifteen years or so, the talk about the Macau economy has focused...
José I. Duarte
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- 410 POSTSOpinion – Out of the fog
The COVID-19 epidemic occupies the news space overwhelmingly. Inevitably, perhaps: it is a new disease,...
Opinion – Diversification redux
The theme of diversification has a long tradition in economics or, more particularly, economic policy...
Opinion – Double cushion
The Macau economy has the characteristics of an economic enclave, with several unique features. It...
Opinion – Taking a break
It is easy to feel a bit confused and anxious nowadays. Newspapers, web, radio, and...
Opinion – Times like these
The coronavirus pandemic is taking a heavy toll the world over – in public health,...
Opinion – Prima Aprilis
Today is the first day of April. This is absolutely true (in case you had...
Opinion – Weak impact
The Commission of Audit has just published a new report. Interestingly, it is a report...
Opinion – Focus and balance
Just when everything seemed to be going fine, came a turn for the worse. We...
Opinion – Uncertain outlook
According to the first available estimates, casino revenues stood between MOP100 billion and MOP200 million...
Opinion – Deep impact
At the time of this writing, the signals about the development of the coronavirus epidemics...
Opinion – Moving on
We are approaching a full month without a new case of coronavirus. The resolve of...
Opinion – Glass half full
At this juncture, few will still doubt the impact of the coronavirus epidemic will be...
Opinion – Riding the waves
This week marks a turning point for the coronavirus epidemic. The city starts moving back...
Opinion – What lays ahead
These are challenging times for public health and the economy. Macau has until now been...
Opinion – Unpredictable, not uncontrollable
People who have been around long enough will have difficulty avoiding a certain feeling of...
Opinion – Rough waters
The stats available for 2019 leave little doubt that last year saw the economy contract....
Opinion – Wuhan factor
Macau's economic performance depends on many factors. Most of them, including some, if not the...
Opinion – Tax requiem
Finding ways to deal with the impact of visitors arriving in Macau featured prominently in...
Diversification redux
Diversification was a critical topic in the inauguration of the new Chief Executive. It was...
Opinion – On plastic bags
In August last year, the Legislative Assembly approved a law concerning the usage of plastic...