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Approaches to tackling inequality need to take into account the larger picture of national development. We cannot miss the forest for the trees.
Highly paid foreign workers (interchangeable with expatriates) do not consume the same things that the median Malaysian consumes.
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?
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.
Understanding the greater complexity of the gender wage gap requires delving a lot deeper than simply referring to just one statistic.
I believe there is another way that is largely untried in civil society in Malaysia. It is not a direct form of engagement but I think, in the long run, it will be the most successful.
What I will absolutely not accept is if the government does not take responsibility for its own actions towards achieving fiscal consolidation as well which is, after all, the objective of these measures.
it might alter behavior, it might be more politically supportable and it might better target those who need the handouts. As is common in most policy debates, the answer is, “Not so fast.”