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Paul Krugman wrote in New York Times - How to tax the rich. Whether or not she becomes the Democratic nominee, Elizabeth Warren has brought something new to American politics; call it the charisma of wonkery. “Warren has a plan for that” has become a rallying cry for her supporters — and she has also impressed many serious... 

Credit: MoneyDigest.SG Fairprice’s plan to charge for plastic bags (see below) reminded me of a really dumb Fairprice move recently that affects elderly S’porean members who are not union members. My mum who is in her 90s was told that she could not use her Fairprice co-op membership card (5% discount payable at the end... 

I will be blunt. To me, never mind how HDB mixes and matches or adjusts their grant structures, HDB Grants are still dirty words. Let me explain. HDB is a monopoly with a social mission of building truly Affordable flats to house our citizens. That, they have done well in the early years of our independence but over the decades,...