Over recent decades we have seen an increasing trend of transferring risk from institutions to individuals. There may be good reasons for this, but information asymmetry can make life very difficult for ordinary people to manage the consequences

By Lee Faulkner

Taiwan is facing a shortage of migrant workers and the government is belatedly taking action to improve their rights and future prospects. However, it remains questionable if changes will go far enough to recognise and value the vital role they play in Taiwan's economic and social development.

​​​​​​​By Paul Shelton

Our intense focus on the short-term investment results of pension and social support funds means we overlook their longer-term sustainability. To keep them solvent we all need to understand and be honest about who is shouldering the risks involved.

By Lee Faulkner

The Taiwan government and major industry players have recognised that ESG must become an indispensable part of best practice corporate development in Taiwan but are companies taking the necessary actions?

By Paul Shelton

In most developed societies physical wellbeing is provided for and taken as a right. Action on mental health and wellbeing is catching up, but our attention to financial wellbeing is way behind the times

By Lee Faulkner

The debate around the need for a Universal Basic Income (UBI) often focuses on the staggering costs involved with such schemes, but as Artificial Intelligence (AI) and robotics make an ever greater impact on labour markets we may have no alternative.

By Lee Faulkner

"There are lies, damned lies and statistics"; there are also models, damned models and lies. Sophisticated mathematical models are widely used and can be of enormous help, but not communicating their limitations properly only benefits deniers and sceptics.

By Lee Faulkner

ECCT directors provide some insights on the business and economic trends to watch in the year ahead while Taiwan-based political commentators give their views on the geopolitical outlook for Taiwan

By Duncan Levine

Digital democracy shouldn't just be about "making the government good" - it should be about holding companies to account too. And that means a major refocus backwards to the noble and humble origins of insurance and banking.

By Lee Faulkner