What is Equality
“...We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness….” Thomas Jefferson (Declaration of Independence). Not many care what the other 95% of that Declaration was...
Taking responsibility for a mistake shows integrity and empathy
On April 22nd both Taiwan's President Tsai Ing-wen and its Minister of National Defence apologised for the emergence of a cluster of 28 Covid-19 cases on board a Taiwanese navy ship. President Tsai said "We will not evade responsibility for this," and that the military's business was also her business, given her role as commander-in-chief....
The Myth of Asia’s Miracle
In 1994, Nobel laureate for Economics, Paul Krugman, published a provocative article, “The Myth of Asia’s Miracle”. He noted that the Singapore economy was no different from the Soviet economy of the 50s and 60s. The Soviet economy expanded very fast for a long period but then growth eventually slowed to a trickle as it...
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