Barry D. Wood
Washington writer Barry D. Wood for two decades was chief economics correspondent at Voice of America News, reporting from 25 G7/8, G20 summits. He is the Washington correspondent of RTHK, Hong Kong radio. Wood's earliest reporting included covering key events in South and southern Africa, among them the Portuguese withdrawal from Mozambique and Angola and the Soweto uprising in the mid-1970s. He is the author of the book Exploring New Europe, A Bicycle Journey, based his travels – by bicycle – through 14 countries of the former Soviet bloc after the fall of Russian communism. Read more of his work at econbarry.com. Watch https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=07OIjoanVGg
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An evolving American language – inclusive, gender neutral, racialised
- By Barry D. Wood
- . Jul 11, 2021
In his 1946 essay, ‘Politics and the English Language’, George Orwell lamented the decay in English usage that he believed was corrupting thinking itself. He
In over-stimulated US economy, will inflation be transitory or persistent?
- By Barry D. Wood
- . Jun 13, 2021
Federal Reserve Board Chairman Jay Powell is staking his reputation on the current spike in inflation being transitory. Powell and his colleagues on the Federal
Arizona: Tech boom in an uneven desert economy
- By Barry D. Wood
- . May 16, 2021
Phoenix, AZ – Money is pouring into Arizona’s semi-conductor industry. Intel, America’s biggest computer chip manufacturer, is spending $20 billion to build two new fabrication
The dangerous trend threatening free speech
- By Barry D. Wood
- . Apr 25, 2021
Separately this April, at two elite private schools in New York City, a teacher and a parent are paying a price for speaking out against
Transformation: US Style
- By Barry D. Wood
- . Mar 21, 2021
SAVANNAH, GA: Until Union victory in the Civil War, the southern ports of Savannah in Georgia and Charleston in South Carolina were infamously linked to
China’s message to Hong Kong: Forget democracy, stick to finance
- By Barry D. Wood
- . Feb 14, 2021
On 4 February, Hong Kong authorities decreed that children as young as six must learn the attributes of the draconian security law imposed on the
Essential leadership changes
- By Barry D. Wood
- . Jan 17, 2021
WASHINGTON: I’ve been asked multiple times in the past week whether the January 6th invasion of the US Capitol undermines American democracy. My reply is
Looking past the gloom
- By Barry D. Wood
- . Dec 6, 2020
Back in 2000, it took five weeks until the winner of the tied presidential election was known. George W. Bush triumphed over Democrat Al Gore
The pandemic-affected Silicon Valley economy
- By Barry D. Wood
- . Nov 10, 2020
SUNNYVALE, CA: Daily life in the Silicon Valley remains heavily disrupted eight months after the coronavirus arrived on America’s west coast. At Apple headquarters in
Amid division and doubt, Americans await the presidential election
- By Barry D. Wood
- . Oct 18, 2020
In September the long-delayed Frank Gehry-designed Dwight D. Eisenhower Memorial was dedicated in downtown Washington. Understated and situated in a park-like setting across from