Jomo Kwame Sundaram And Anis Chowdhury

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Jomo Kwame Sundaram And Anis Chowdhury

20 Dec 2020, 08:00 am

my Say: Urgently needed deficit financing no excuse for more fiscal abuseFiscal and monetary measures needed to fight the economic downturn, largely due to Covid-19 policy responses, require more government accountability and discipline to minimise abuse. Such measures should ensure relief for the vulnerable, prevent recessions from becoming depressions and restore pr...

By Jomo Kwame Sundaram and Anis Chowdhury / The Edge Malaysia

20 Dec 2020, 08:00 am

Edge Weekly

21 Jul 2020, 08:00 am

My Say: Can private finance really serve humanity?The recent explosion of private finance has nursed the hope, dream or illusion that it can be mobilised for the public good, for example, to achieve the Sustainable Development Goals, associated with Agenda 2030. Such hopes ignore, however, how changes in financial investing have deeply transform...

By Jomo Kwame Sundaram and Anis Chowdhury / The Edge Malaysia

21 Jul 2020, 08:00 am

Edge Weekly

04 Dec 2019, 08:00 am

Social protection necessary to quickly end poverty and hungerHistorically, most social security systems have developed in the formal sector of rich economies. However, most of the poor and hungry in the world live in rural areas, surviving in the informal economy. Meanwhile, the world economy continues to struggle to recover following the 2008 fi...

By Jomo Kwame Sundaram and Anis Chowdhury / The Edge Malaysia

04 Dec 2019, 08:00 am

Edge Weekly

10 Nov 2019, 08:00 am

Industrial policy still relevantIndustrial policy refers to the promotion of new investments and technology by governments to encourage the growth and development of specific economic sectors. However, scepticism persists about the feasibility and desirability of using industrial policy, especially of the ability to “pick winne...

By Jomo Kwame Sundaram and Anis Chowdhury / The Edge Malaysia

10 Nov 2019, 08:00 am

Edge Weekly

21 Oct 2019, 08:00 am

OECD tax reform proposal could be betterThe Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) secretariat published its proposed “unified approach” to reform international tax rules to address tax challenges posed by digitalisation on Oct 9. Under the current rules, there is little chance of a company being taxed ...

By Jomo Kwame Sundaram and Anis Chowdhury / The Edge Malaysia

21 Oct 2019, 08:00 am

Edge Weekly

01 Sep 2019, 08:00 am

Beggar-thy-neighbour policy adviceThe harmful effects of falling corporate tax rates have been acknowledged in a recent International Monetary Fund (IMF) research paper. This trend, since the early 1980s, has been especially detrimental for developing countries, which rely on direct taxation much more than developed economies.

By Jomo Kwame Sundaram and Anis Chowdhury / The Edge Malaysia

01 Sep 2019, 08:00 am

Edge Weekly

10 Aug 2019, 08:00 am

Bretton Woods institutions: Enforcers, not saviours?According to their own internal evaluations, both the World Bank and the International Monetary Fund (IMF) have huge credibility deficits due to the policy conditionalities and advice they have dispensed to developing countries in recent decades. Taking advantage of the debt distress in...

By Jomo Kwame Sundaram and Anis Chowdhury / The Edge Malaysia

10 Aug 2019, 08:00 am

Edge Weekly

25 Jul 2019, 08:00 am

Facebook and friends threaten to Libralise the worldOn June 17, a Facebook white paper proposed a new global digital currency that it plans to launch in the first half of 2020. The Libra will be managed by a “not-for-profit” Swiss-based Facebook-led consortium of “for-profit corporations”, with Uber, eBay, Lyft, Mastercard and PayPal among its fou...

By Jomo Kwame Sundaram and Anis Chowdhury / The Edge Malaysia

25 Jul 2019, 08:00 am

Edge Weekly

24 Nov 2018, 08:00 am

My Say: Inequality undermines democracyEconomic inequality — involving both income and wealth concentration — has risen in nearly all world regions since the 1980s. Gross economic inequalities moderated for much of the 20th century, especially after World War II until the 1970s, but has now reached levels never before seen in human hi...

By Jomo Kwame Sundaram And Anis Chowdhury / The Edge Malaysia

24 Nov 2018, 08:00 am

Edge Weekly

24 Oct 2018, 08:00 am

Developing countries losing out to digital giantsA new United Nations report warns that the potential benefits of digital technologies to developing countries are likely to be lost to a small number of successful first movers who have established digital monopolies. According to the Trade and Development Report 2018 (TDR 2018), subtit...

By Jomo Kwame Sundaram and Anis Chowdhury / The Edge Malaysia

24 Oct 2018, 08:00 am

Trump tax cut, debt limit plan advances amid tariff turmoil

China investors brace for ‘ugly’ Monday on US tariff retaliation

Musk says he hopes for 'zero tariffs' between US and Europe

US inflation set to give hints of Trump tariff pain to come

Charting new territory

US, Vietnamese businesses ask Trump to delay 46% tariffs on Vietnam

My Say: 10 key principles of the stamp duty audit framework

China investors brace for ‘ugly’ Monday on US tariff retaliation

My Say: Unlocking strategic investment opportunities in the Johor-Singapore Special Economic Zone

My Say: Ever-rising trade numbers — but do they matter to the economy?

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