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Shinzo Abe The sudden resignation of the Japanese Prime Minister, Shinzo Abe, has set me thinking again about political succession issues back home. Mr Shinzo Abe announced today that he has resigned due to a deteriorating medical condition. That must have been a very difficult but a very brave and responsible decision that... 

This is why I advocate for the Nordic model in Singapore. "There are good reasons to back such universal programs. All social policy, as the noted welfare-state scholar Gøsta Esping-Andersen argues, either reinforces or removes class stratifications. A welfare regime based on means-testing and income targeting does the former;... 

The unwillingness of neoliberal governments in addressing the inequality plagues in their countries mean globalization will result in local inequalities being exported across the globe. People in these countries are therefore forced to deal with these inequalities in their own ways, such as Singaporeans being forced into gig...