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By Roy Ngerng and Leong Sze Hian This is a 10-part series which will analyse the tax that Singaporeans are paying, in comparison with the Nordic countries. It has been said that Singaporeans pay one of the lowest taxes in the world, and that the Nordic countries pay one of the highest taxes in the world. This series would explore... 

Christopher Balding In Part I of this series, I provided an economic philosophy for the prediction of financial crises or bubbles where I point out that it is incredibly problematic  to try and predict them.  We can see risks but predicting a financial crisis is something very different.  There is an old joke that says God... 

【小印度】 正当兴都教徒兴高采烈要迎接他们一年一度的盛大节日时，警方却在他们游行的路线（小印度）颁发“四不可”的条例：1、不准抽烟 2、不准喝酒 3、不准玩乐器 4、不准任何扩音设备。广东人难免要说：“这是攞景还是赠兴？”——如果是你族群的节日，你吞得下这口气吗？然而国人好像对这种权威镇压早已习以为常，麻...