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About Nick: i am an economist based in malaysia. I write about ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT AND POLITICAL ECONOMY, while sneaking in a pop culture reference or two.

Nicholas Khaw

Feb 6
Feb 6 We Need a Kinder World

Nicholas Khaw
Politics, Policy, Malaysia, U.S.A., culture & identity

I do not – or at least I try my best not to – choose topics because of strong emotional reactions. This column is different.

Jan 2
Jan 2 Improving Productivity is Meaningless without the “Why”

Nicholas Khaw
Exports & Imports, Economic Growth, Malaysia

what exactly is ‘productivity’ and what does it really mean to boost ‘productivity’?

Dec 12
Dec 12 Exploring the Case for an Unconditional Basic Income

Nicholas Khaw
automation, jobs & employment, Policy, Malaysia

A world without unemployment is not as radical as we might think. A policy is already in the works to enable such a world, breaking the link between jobs and livelihood.

Nov 21
Nov 21 A World Without Unemployment

Nicholas Khaw
jobs & employment, automation

I am a big believer that technology – especially machine learning and artificial intelligence – will make this future a reality. Against this backdrop, how should we move forward?

Oct 10
Oct 10 Empathy and Policymaking

Nicholas Khaw
Malaysia, Policy, Politics

If we fail to understand and empathise with those who do not see things the way we do, especially if they are the majority, we create a society that is not sustainable.

Sep 5
Sep 5 The Complexity of the Gender Wage Gap

Nicholas Khaw
Gender Inequality, Malaysia, jobs & employment

Understanding the greater complexity of the gender wage gap requires delving a lot deeper than simply referring to just one statistic.

Aug 8
Aug 8 Information as Bargaining Power

Nicholas Khaw
Democracy

I would argue that greater transparency of information arms individuals with greater capacity for self-determination, increasing their bargaining chips and reducing leverage mismatches.

Jul 4
Jul 4 Brexit, Trump, and the Political Economy of Fear and Anger

Nicholas Khaw
Politics, U.S.A., Democracy

Blaming the voter base without understanding why they voted the way they did is arrogant and presumptuous.

Jun 6
Jun 6 Earning our Blessed Endowments

Nicholas Khaw
Gender Inequality, culture & identity, Malaysia

While we have undoubtedly made great strides in our national development, what has been the impact of our ‘Malaysian’ culture on national development?

May 2
May 2 An Economic Perspective on Love

Nicholas Khaw
Reflections, Economics

Can Economics show how, the most irrational and illogical – by conventional wisdom, anyway – emotion that humans have can be rational and utility maximising?

Apr 4
Apr 4 More Entrepreneurs, More Artists, Fewer Politicians

Nicholas Khaw
Economic Growth

while figuring out the impact of a particular individual may be tricky, we may also ask, what type of individuals are more likely to have a stronger impact on their society?

Mar 7
Mar 7 Exports for Imports

Nicholas Khaw
Malaysia, Exports & Imports, Economic Growth, Politics

This is my third argument on why a depreciating Ringgit is sub-optimal for the Malaysian economy.

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Hi, I'm Nick. My research interests and intellectual passions are in the the political economy of economic development particularly related to the long term persistence of historical events and cultural/institutional co-evolutionary factors on economic and public policy outcomes today.

I serve as an economist in Khazanah Nasional, Malaysia’s sovereign wealth fund, where I am Head of Research and Co-Head of Private Markets, Investments. My work covers Investments research, private markets investing (direct and indirect), Dana Impak, Khazanah’s knowledge management and Khazanah’s public policy engagement. I am also a Trustee of the Khazanah Research Institute.

I also write a monthly column for The Edge Malaysia.

 

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