Tawfiq Alsaif

Suppose you came across a headline reading, "Gulf Family Assaulted in Istanbul." There is a 70 percent chance that you would read the entire story, along with all the comments beneath it, even if there were a hundred of them. Let us say that this type of story captures the attention of 70 percent…

In 1990, the United Nations Development Programme adopted an ambitious initiative aimed at improving the standard of living of people around the world. Member states agreed to align their economic policies with the initiative's objectives. This framework of goals became known as the Human…

Were you to ask me, “Can a university create a market out of nothing?” I would answer: yes, it can. A university can indeed do that. However, intelligent people understand that this does not mean turning a university from an educational institution into a commercial enterprise. Nor do we mean that…

Most people seem convinced that a “market economy” is the optimal model for development and overall economic and financial performance. However, this conviction swiftly recedes when economic crises rear their heads. In my view, the absolute application of this model is not feasible under the…

Last week’s article discussed what I called the “victim complex,” that is, a person’s persistent feeling of being unlucky - not because of any personal shortcomings, but because other forces, whether visible or hidden, are working to thwart them and sabotage their efforts. One of my colleagues…