My recent argument with Jamus Lim (you can follow it in full on his wall) has revealed just how ambitious and self-confident WP's economist is.After lecturing trade unions back in 2020 about "folksy wisdom" that apparently guides their negotiations with the government re: minimum wages,
A few days ago I responded to Jamus Lim's post proposing that MAS should spend billions of dollars to make SGD more expensive so people can buy things more cheaply (even though it makes Singapore more costly to foreign buyers). Today I got an even more bizarre reply,
Does Singapore have too much money in foreign reserves? Should MAS spend it to boost the value of SGD and promote imports?
Workers' Party leader dismissed the harm done to Singapore Police Force by Raeesah Khan's lies - but seems to have forgotten his involvement in the affair.
WP chief's testimony revealed a lack of decisiveness at the wheel before the Khan affair spiraled out of control.
Or why politics shouldn't be fueled by emotions...
So far, I have not commented on Raeesah Khan's recent resignation as, frankly speaking, I didn't think it was all that important. It was just a logical conclusion to the recent scandal, which - ultimately - would not change many minds about Singapore's politics.
So, Singapore has its own Jussie Smollett now. If you're not familiar with American politics, Jussie Smollett is a young, black American actor who claimed in 2019 that he was assaulted by men in masks, telling him "it's a MAGA country", etc. It later
Despite David Card's rebuttals, his findings on minimum wage continue to be peddled by left-wing economists and politicians as dogma.
Much has already been said about the Singaporean General Election of 2020 - and even more is coming in the days and weeks ahead of us. But I think for all the complexity involved - the Covid-19 situation, looming economic troubles, epidemic spreading in the dorms, a general shutdown of
Ahead of the Singaporean election, I penned a piece that summarized the coming vote as likely the most significant since the bitterly contested GE of 1963. And it was... ...sort of. As politicians and Singaporeans turn in for the (very late) night, it's not likely there are going
As if the global pandemic wasn't enough, 2020 appears to be quite an important year in global politics. First, Taiwan voted on its president - giving pro-independence Tsai Ing-wen her second term. Then Israel finally managed to form a unity government after two failed attempts in 2019. In
