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Economy

Link: Kishore Mahbubani on Zakaria’s GPS

March 2, 2009

Just watched his (and others) interview on Fareed Zakaria’s show. He was discussing Asia’s situation, and made a great point (also very common) about Asia’s optimism after the 1997 Financial Crisis. You can check out the interview here.

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Economics: Excitement Over The Singapore Budget

February 5, 2009

If you are looking for real analysis, then you came to the wrong place. I don’t have a lot to say about the actual budget – I am just interested in the local response.
There was a lot of anticipation before Singaporeans were recently introduced to the 2009 National Budget. At work I was receiving emails [...]

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Economics: Bad News For Expats in Singapore

November 23, 2008

When discussing my future plans with colleagues, they always feel the need to remind me about the poor economic conditions. That’s right, America has sneezed, and even small city-states caught the cold. In today’s paper, the Straits Times reported that firms are cutting down on the number of expats they have working for them.

CALL it [...]

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