TR EMERITUS

Recently I have asked some questions about discrepancies in our national accounts. These seem to indicate that our reserves are not as buoyant as we might have been led to expect by past surpluses and the supposedly class-leading returns achieved by our sovereign wealth funds. No answers have been forthcoming. Instead there... 

PM Lee Read a Straits Times article (Jun 9) about PM Lee explaining why Singapore should not follow the same socially focused policies which have been successful in Sweden and Norway. Again, the PM brought up the merit-based system Singapore practices and the low tax percentage we have here. From the article: "Essentially, it... 

It is always interesting to compare generic statements by politicians and those of potential ‘street artists’. There will be claims like “growth is not an ends but a means” and other broad assertions such as, “growth is necessary for well-being” and “if we are content to be average, we will fail”. Or, perhaps,...