THE term “wild-geese-flying pattern” of economic growth is a literal translation of the Japanese term “ganko keitai”, which was coined by economist Kaname Akamatsu to describe the pattern of economic ...
The Himalayan Mountains rise several thousand meters above sea level, yet somehow bar-headed geese (Anser indicus) migrate over them and the Tibetan Plateau every year. Now, researchers tracking these ...
Leaving the egalitarianism of the planned economy era behind it, China started to push ahead with market-opening policies that place priority on efficiency over equality under the banner of "allowing ...
Wages and other factor prices tend to increase in tandem with economic development. This causes labour-intensive industries to lose their traditional comparative advantage over time, pushing ...
Geese that migrate from Mongolia to India and back every year, flying over the towering Himalaya Mountains, have evolved a "roller coaster" flight pattern to conquer the high-altitude barrier the ...
There are two major stories with respect to the world economy. The financial crisis and the severe recession it precipitated have dominated the headlines, pushing into the background the bigger ...
Like geese flying in formation, the successive waves of Asian countries achieving economic takeoff and emerging or developed market status, has been likened to those migratory birds in flight. If this ...
A study by a McMaster University biologist that examines flight patterns of geese could help us understand how to treat humans suffering from breathing problems, like asthma or emphysema. Graham Scott ...