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Is that a good strategy for a developed country with healthy reserves? In poor, developing countries, it makes sense to attract foreign MNCs. They mobilize resources like labour and land which would otherwise be idle, as well as provide capital. But in a fully developed economy like Singapore, resources are not only fully employed,... 

As Singapore's population ages, we must work smarter and welcome global talents- Heng Swee Keat. I totally agree with Heng SK's statement and in fact, this is something that every thinking and informed Singaporean alearly knew. There is no need for any pap scholar, general much less the deputy prime minister to remind Singaporeans. Knowing... 

This is a modern ‘rephrase’ from one of Karl Marx’s many jotted side notes. Needless to say, the verbiage and the twists that academics can spin with this is many folds and unfolds; the sometimes needless iterations. I would recommend reading on Paul Mason’s take on this. But for me, extrapolating from the above ‘rephrase’,...