Opinion

Economy 101 for Parliamentarians?

Without FDI, Malaysia is stuck in the middle-income trap which led to mediocre wage growth in the past decade ONE…

2 weeks ago

Anwar on a long road to reshape Malaysia’s narrative

MALAYSIA’S turnaround could not be any more complex. Saddled with bad press and financial erosions exacerbated by 1Malaysia Development Bhd…

2 weeks ago

Friday Jottings: Apartheid is when minority rules

READING Tun Dr Mahathir Mohamad’s response to P. Ramasamy, the Penang Deputy Chief Minister II who accused the former of…

2 weeks ago

Sunak breaks a triple Tory habit of failure

BRITAIN has had three failed prime ministers (PMs) in a row. Theresa May was a senior civil servant rather than a…

2 weeks ago

Malaysia’s vulnerability to natural disasters

Addressing environmental degradation requires a collective effort from individuals, businesses and govts  ENVIRONMENTAL degradation refers to the deterioration of the…

2 weeks ago

Oil price would be higher for longer

The break-even points of most US oil producers are only US$30 to US$50 for WTI oil  by IFAST RESEARCH TEAM …

3 weeks ago

Lab leak or not, Covid’s mysteries still need solving

Regardless of whether Covid-19 escaped from a research facility, another deadly virus very well might  NEWS that the US Department…

3 weeks ago

Leaky roof in a monsoon

SO HERE we are. It’s 2023 but it still feels like 2022. Food prices are still too high and people…

3 weeks ago

Large corporations make a beeline to Australia. What’s up?

Industry players are naturally forced to go beyond the Malaysian shores as they seek their next growth spurt  YOU would…

3 weeks ago

Friday Jottings: The day the rhetoric stops

AS expected, the minute Tun Dr Mahathir Mohamad (picture) announced that he was joining the Parti Putra Bumiputera Perkasa Malaysia…

3 weeks ago

A living wage should be the way forward for Malaysian

MORE and more Malaysians feel the pinch of the pandemic and inflation. They complain their monthly salaries are insufficient to…

3 weeks ago

Hong Kong penthouses face China’s ‘common prosperity’

AS SOME Hong Kong homeowners are finding out, you can’t charge for something that is given away for free. Those…

3 weeks ago

English football could use NFL-style socialism

The Premier League, for all its spectacular international success, has become dominated by a cabal of 6 to 7 rich…

4 weeks ago