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Archive for the ‘Society’ Category

World War III

Some friends ask me why didn't I talk about "inflation"? Especially when I am trained in Economics! First of all, we are not just looking at inflation here. It is at best, a stagflation, at worse, a total collapse of the World system of Globalization which will most probably lead to more wars. Yes, it may just lead to World...

Why should less than competent ministers be paid astronomical salaries?

Did you know that after being promoted to the Deputy Prime Minister, Lawrence Wong will earn approximately S$1.87m (US$1.36m) a year? This is more than Joe Biden (US$400k), Jacinda Ardern (US$340k), Angela Merkel (US$370k), Justin Trudeau (US$267k), and Xi Jinping (US$22k) COMBINED! What is is about him that is so special that...

High COE prices

The latest COE bidding results are out and both category B and category E have breached the $100,000 mark. Are they newsworthy? My answer is no. Why? Let me explain. Anybody who is observant enough will notice that we are seeing more and more luxurious sedans such as Bentleys and Roll Royces etc on our roads these days. They...

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