Should Singapore tax the wealthy more?
This year’s Singapore Budget has garnered accolades for its focus on lower-income groups and the so-called Pioneer generation. One glaring omission, however, is in efforts to redistribute wealth. That...
View ArticleOh Roy, my heart goes out to you
At a book event at BooksActually two weeks ago, I was making a point about Roy Ngerng—that what he insinuated about Singapore’s prime minister was clearly wrong, but I still sympathised with his...
View ArticleWorkers’ Party’s Manifesto: What I like and What I don’t
He Ting Ru, one of my favourite new politicians, partly because she puts paid to the notion that opposition candidates are necessarily substandard. But more importantly, because she is a “crazy cat...
View ArticleGE2015: Final thoughts (2 of 4)
This is Part 2 of 4. To read Part 1, click here. The nexus of power Conflicts of interest in turn point to the dangerous nexus of political, policy and business power in Singapore. Before I begin...
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