Karl Williams July 2008 It’s one thing to calmly read statistics about climate chaos but a completely different experience to hear the frightening stories from the disaffected. In the remote north-eastern Thai province of Nan, listening to a 60-year-old café proprietor relate how the climate has changed in her lifetime, visions of a freaky future [...]
The Economics of Thailand Karl Williams A conundrum wrapped in a paradox is perhaps the best way to describe Thailand, and its economic system is no exception as our rolling travelogue will illustrate. To pick apart this puzzle, I had the assistance of the only two geoists in Thailand, who were also my gracious hosts [...]
Karl Williams, Editor of Progress Magazine What I’m about to write here would almost certainly land me in jail if it were written in Thailand. I’m about to criticize its monarch, King Bhumibol. Yes, dear reader, it may be hard to believe that, in the 21st century in a modern and supposedly democratic nation, such [...]