I am going to share an excerpt from a book I recently read. As you read it, see if it rings any bells or reminds you of any­thing. For the sake of a little mystery, I’m going to redact some parts. The excerpt goes, “In the [withheld time period], divi­dend payments fluctuated from year to year, i...

My Say: Patience as a virtue for national development

The comedian Chris Rock has described his neighbourhood called Alpine, New Jersey, where homes cost millions of dollars: There are hundreds of houses, but only four African-American people. They are Chris Rock, a world-class comedian; Mary J Blige, one of the greatest R&B singers; Jay-Z, one ...

Views: Chris Rock’s neighbour and equity across time

One of my favourite NBA commercials is Nike Basketball’s “Bring Your Game”. In the commercial, a group of four teenagers are trying to pick their favourite basketball players. To do so, they go around the US to meet some of basketball’s biggest stars — or at least the ones who signed with Nike — ...

My Say: In the middle for once: Markets, governments and innovation

In August 2022, the US signed into law its Creating Helpful Incentives to Produce Semiconductors and Science Act of 2022 or more commonly known as the CHIPS Act. The CHIPS Act seeks to drive investments in American semiconductor manufacturing capacity and to jump-start research, development and c...

My Say: Global history, the history of science and Malaysia’s policy imperatives

In October 2017, I wrote an article in this newspaper titled “Ten ‘indie’ development indicators”.

MySay: Ten (more) ‘Indie’ development indicators

I’ve been going around telling everyone that 2023 will be the best year of my life and everything after will be downhill. That is because “23” is my favourite number, simply because Michael Jordan wore the number 23. The Last Dance, an ESPN documentary on Netflix that came out in 2020 at the star...

My Say: Michael Jordan and optimism for public policy in 2023

Like many Malaysians over the past few weeks, I have been completely engrossed in the “will-be-a-­Netflix-series-one-day” events of our 15th general election and its aftermath and aftershocks. We now have a cabinet in place that must hit the ground running; the 15th parliamentary sitting will be ...

My Say: Mammals, dinosaurs and Malaysian public policy moving forward

The three genres of fiction that I enjoy the most are, in no particular order, murder mystery “whodunnits”, horror à la Stephen King and science fiction. While I have read the first two categories pretty much my entire life, I am much more of a newbie to the science fiction category. My initial f...

My Say: What The Expanse can teach us about power and politics

In the field of economic history, one common proxy measure for economic output growth is population growth, especially in cities. The reason is that for a large chunk of human history — post Black Death era notwithstanding — output per capita remained pretty stagnant for the bulk of the populatio...

My Say: Temporal justice and climate-focused growth

In Malaysia, this time of year is typically existential. We spend some time taking stock of what we have achieved as a nation — usually along the lines of, “We’ve come so far, but we still have a long way to go” — and where we need to go next as a nation — usually along the lines of, “What reform...

My Say: Towards an inclusive and sustainable development bargain

Kenanga Research projects  CY23F FBM KLCI earnings to contract by 1.2%

Australia raises minimum wage by 5.75% as living costs surge

HLIB Research says Velesto's valuations have become inflated

Malaysia's corporate profits disappoint on slowing demand, with little help from China reopening

Elon Musk is accused of insider trading by investors in Dogecoin lawsuit

Russia accuses US intelligence of hacking thousands of iPhones

Apple plans major retail push with new stores across China, US

Wall Street rises on hopes of Fed pausing hikes, debt ceiling deal cheer

Global equities rise, U.S. yields fall after debt ceiling bill advances

Biden trips and falls during graduation ceremony, recovers quickly

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