Signs of desperation at LHL’s warning about demise of the TPP?
Most commentators in the local and foreign press seems certain that Lee Hsien Loong's recent warning of the possible demise of TPP as frustration and exasperation over the US election campaign. I think there may be signs of desperation in it. That there is a backlash against free trade and globalisation is without doubt. For...
Why a liberal immigration policy makes skills retraining difficult
The MAS highlighted in its Macroeconomic Review that job mismatches has reached the level last seen in 2008-2009 and then pontificated “Notably, workers should equip themselves with the necessary skills to fill jobs that are currently available and will be in demand in the coming years." It went on to outline the type of jobs...
How many people can you feed with a Corvette?
A guy looked at my Corvette the other day and said I wonder how many people could have been fed for the money that sports car cost. I replied I am not sure, it fed a lot of families in Bowling Green, Kentucky who built it, it fed the people who make the tires, it fed the people who made the components that went into it, it...
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