We are hardwired to attribute causality to patterns that we observe, and going against that wiring will be difficult. But we have to start somewhere.
We are hardwired to attribute causality to patterns that we observe, and going against that wiring will be difficult. But we have to start somewhere.
When it was announced that President Trump would be speaking at Davos, I found myself being unable to gauge what sort of reception the Davos crowd would give to President Trump.
Thanksgiving is essentially camaraderie, goodwill, gratitude and a sumptuous dinner, all packed in one. The very next day, all of this just basically gets blown to smithereens.
For any given individual, the narratives we tell ourselves about how the world works or how events play out becomes our ‘truth’ and can very easily take precedence over facts.
why not come up with a set of indicators specific to Malaysia’s context that we do not measure at the moment, but we certainly could.
We’re not supposed to be as successful as we are and to still have as much potential as we do today. Yet after 60 years of independence, Malaysia has been among the most successful countries in the world in terms of economic growth.
I would go all-in on the bet that taxes, whether defined in quantum or in type, are just going to increase as we move into the future.
“Does Culture Affect Economic Outcomes?” To be a bit more specific, given that we are now in the holy month of Ramadan, I would like to narrow this discussion down to the role of religion in economic growth.
Highly paid foreign workers (interchangeable with expatriates) do not consume the same things that the median Malaysian consumes.
We can presume that as machine intelligence continues to grow exponentially, especially when it can learn on its own, the threat of machines to human jobs is more and more imminent.
what does it mean to be a Malaysian today? With that, we can then tackle the TN50 question – what would it mean to be a Malaysian in 2050?
In the circumstance of limited resources, can we not envisage a way in which the JPA scholarship allocation could be stretched further?