Economics Malaysia

(H/T Jason) The cost of petrol and gas subsidies in Malaysia are likely to be in the region of RM45-50 billion this year, if not higher. S...

I’ve always thought of the “brain drain” in primarily economic terms. Because of national and social barriers to labour mobility as well as ...

If you had a choice between two jobs with equal compensation, but one has higher bonuses and allowances but the other has higher base pay, w...

I’m on my hobby horse today. From the BBC: What if everyone had a car? Technology offers potential solutions to traffic congestion and p...

This is more a conversation than an interview, and all the more interesting for it (excerpt; emphasis added): Taxing Away Inequality ...

What does it mean to be poor? Statistics only tell part of the story, and often miss the human dimension of poverty. Here’s two people’s u...

Some of this discussion may be pretty esoteric to the layman, even if on the face of it the changes BNM are implementing look pretty simple ...

From the Beeb (excerpt): The sweet sound of success It is an amazing story of survival - a parable of how small businesses can...

It looks like December 2012 will be the lowest point for inflation for some time, as February prices have continued where January’s increase...

[UPDATE: Links to box articles are now available] You can get the news summary here . My own notes focus less on the economic outlook and ...

Facebook is giving me a headache – apparently none of my posts from the last five months have been posted to the Econsmalaysia wall. It’s ...

I missed the live televised speech yesterday, and haven’t yet had a chance to review either document, but you can download the annual report...