Greed, for lack of a better word, is good
The immortal line from the movie Wall Street ’97. The main protagonist is Gordon Gecko, a representation of Wall Street and its predator instincts. Gecko is said to be an amalgamation of Oliver Stone’s (the director of the movie) own father, Asher Edelman and Michael Milken. Michael Milken is of course famous for his junk...
Gorillas vs Monkeys
‘After I had just taken over as the Housing Board's chairman in 2000, an astute academic asked me: 'Tong Dow, what's your greatest problem at HDB?' Then he diagnosed it himself: 'Initially, you gave peanuts to monkeys so they would dance to your tune. Now you've given them so much by way of peanuts that the monkey has become...
Vision of the Daughter’s Grouse (Part 2)
The saga between PM Lee and Dr Lee Wei Ling seems to have simmered down. But I suspect not for long. Her charge about hagiography and dynasty are intimately linked. Hagiography is generally is a biographical account of someone religious. Dynasty of course relates to how power is transfer from within a family. And Dr Lee’s...
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