RTHK Radio Three, Hong Kong Today 6-14-21 Host Mike Weeks asks Barry about the results of President Biden’s European visit and the harsh words on China from both the G7 and Nato . Listen Continue reading G7/Nato Get Tough on China

A reflection on shipboard life, being a deckhand on a freighter crossing the Pacific, a waiter on North Atlantic passenger ships, and how seafaring changed with today’s massive container ships. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lw8TmfZI6P8 Continue reading The Allure of the Sea

RTHK Hong Kong Money Talk June 8, 2021 Host Peter Lewis leads a discussion of US China relations and prospects for this week’s G7 summit in England with Barry, and money managers Stewart Aldcroft, and Peter Churchouse. Listen Continue reading Biden’s Tough China Policy and Reviving G7 Cooperation

RTHK Radio Money Talk May 25, 2021 Host Peter Lewis leads a discussion of President Biden’s proposed tax increases and infrastructure spending with Barry, Stewart Aldcroft and Dickie Wong. Barry argues that a global minimum corporate tax is likely but that big fiscal and trade deficits threaten the dollar. Listen Continue reading Infrastructure, Raising Taxes and the Dollar

RTHK Hong Kong Radio May 24, 2021 In his weekly commentary with host Mike Weeks, Barry discusses distortions in the US economy–massive fiscal and monetary stimulus, a bad employment report amid significant labor shortages, the stock market near record highs, and Democrats and Republicans far apart on infrastructure spending. Is inflation transitory despite prices rising 3.6% over the past year? Listen Continue reading The Great Inflation Debate