Economics Malaysia

Once is an accident, two a coincidence, three times…well. I first remember seeing this particular stat at the ETP Open Day, but didn’t thi...

One of the seminal contributions to the macroeconomic literature of the last fifty years was the Lucas Critique , which in short states that...

A couple of months back, when the contretemps over the Kelantan Gold Dinar was at its height, I did a post on testing the stability of gold...

…you have to read this . My favourite: ENGINEERING PRIZE: Karina Acevedo-Whitehouse and Agnes Rocha-Gosselin of the Zoological Societ...

This article had me grinning – the last line is sooo full of irony: iPhone 4 launched by Maxis, DiGi; but which has better plans for ...

Andrew Sheng turns into a satirist: Economics is a religion, not a science …But let us come back to the big debate: Should gove...

With most of August falling within the month of Ramadhan, an uptick in the money supply is to be expected – much like for Chinese New Year, ...

During the depths of the global financial crisis, there was a lot of anxiety over the “bailout” of the US banking system (later extended to ...

The IMF says that markets should reduce their reliance on credit ratings (excerpts, emphasis added): Reducing Role of Credit Ratings ...

If you recall my post on Dr Fong Chan Onn’s thoughts on the minimum wage , one of the things that he recommends and foresees is greater part...

Back in July , I highlighted an article that argued for a more holistic approach to measuring changes in human welfare that goes beyond simp...

Over the weekend, Dr Fong Chan Onn wrote a very long focus article in The Star with an interesting perspective on the minimum wage proposal,...