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"title": "[2852] Two policemen and a migrant worker", "url": "https://maddruid.com/?p=15979", "published_at": "2017-05-22T04:00:13+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0bbb1-1131-727d-9dfa-7910ef94a9ba", "title": "[2851] Guess the 1Q17 Malaysian GDP growth", "url": "https://maddruid.com/?p=15976", "published_at": "2017-05-17T02:05:14+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0bbb1-1131-727d-9dfa-7910efab9e6a", "title": "[2850] The arbitrariness and the superficiality of Malaysia’s $15,000 high-income nation benchmark", "url": "https://maddruid.com/?p=15948", "published_at": "2017-03-24T05:54:05+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0bbb6-b742-72e2-847c-7ce416b911cc", "title": "[2849] The next step: from cash transfer to negative income tax", "url": "https://maddruid.com/?p=15937", "published_at": "2017-02-15T10:34:21+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0bbb6-b742-72e2-847c-7ce416e4edf3", "title": "[2848] Guess the 4Q16 Malaysian GDP growth", "url": "https://maddruid.com/?p=15904", "published_at": "2017-02-10T04:53:19+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0bbb6-b742-72e2-847c-7ce4174ea294", "title": "[2847] We care because we are capable of empathy", "url": "https://maddruid.com/?p=15906", "published_at": "2017-02-07T03:46:47+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0bbb6-b742-72e2-847c-7ce4179eb9f5", "title": "[2846] Unfairly casting aspersion on the Gini coefficient", "url": "https://maddruid.com/?p=15879", "published_at": "2017-01-23T04:58:10+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0bbb6-b742-72e2-847c-7ce418719374", "title": "[2845] A generous migrant worker", "url": "https://maddruid.com/?p=15875", "published_at": "2017-01-09T12:29:54+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0bbb6-b742-72e2-847c-7ce41894a0cb", "title": "[2844] Evolution of corporate ownership in Malaysia", "url": "https://maddruid.com/?p=15868", "published_at": "2016-12-30T06:04:00+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0bbb6-b742-72e2-847c-7ce41939390b", "title": "[2843] Comrade Takashimaya", "url": "https://maddruid.com/?p=15857", "published_at": "2016-12-27T08:26:55+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0bbb6-b742-72e2-847c-7ce41949f2a2", "title": "[2842] Possibly Bersih 5.2", "url": "https://maddruid.com/?p=15846", "published_at": "2016-11-22T16:00:42+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0bbb6-b742-72e2-847c-7ce41a3c39d1", "title": "[2841] Mahathir, reformed", "url": "https://maddruid.com/?p=15834", "published_at": "2016-11-22T06:34:10+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0bbb6-b742-72e2-847c-7ce41aa217a4", "title": "[2840] Bersih 5, ticked", "url": "https://maddruid.com/?p=15828", "published_at": "2016-11-21T04:32:16+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0bbbb-574c-73b0-b8bc-3d7553884709", "title": "[2839] Syrian refugees on Jalan Bukit Bintang", "url": "https://maddruid.com/?p=15824", "published_at": "2016-11-15T03:10:21+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0bbbb-574c-73b0-b8bc-3d7553ebddae", "title": "[2838] The cheapening of utopias, and failure of imagination", "url": "https://maddruid.com/?p=15777", "published_at": "2016-11-12T13:49:15+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0bbbb-574c-73b0-b8bc-3d7554ce37ac", "title": "[2837] Guess Malaysia’s 3Q16 GDP growth", "url": "https://maddruid.com/?p=15767", "published_at": "2016-11-08T03:44:33+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0bbbb-574c-73b0-b8bc-3d7554e38f87", "title": "[2836] Ethnic identification by economic function in Malaysia", "url": "https://maddruid.com/?p=15747", "published_at": "2016-10-28T03:20:54+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0bbbb-574c-73b0-b8bc-3d75557c2832", "title": "[2835] The economy Mahathir created", "url": "https://maddruid.com/?p=15717", "published_at": "2016-10-11T04:51:27+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0bbbb-574c-73b0-b8bc-3d75558ca04e", "title": "[2834] Unawatuna’s mangosteen", "url": "https://maddruid.com/?p=15713", "published_at": "2016-09-29T15:14:09+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0bbbb-574c-73b0-b8bc-3d7555ede806", "title": "[2833] The meandering history of joint-stock company", "url": "https://maddruid.com/?p=15695", "published_at": "2016-09-18T04:40:17+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0bbbb-574c-73b0-b8bc-3d7556e4eea3", "title": "[2832] Some snacks before a long ride!", "url": "https://maddruid.com/?p=15689", "published_at": "2016-09-16T08:12:57+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0bbbb-574c-73b0-b8bc-3d7556fc7a7c", "title": "[2831] Corrupt patriotism will eat us all", "url": "https://maddruid.com/?p=15684", "published_at": "2016-09-15T07:18:13+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0bbbb-574c-73b0-b8bc-3d75570d72e9", "title": "[2830] Let’s go crazy", "url": "https://maddruid.com/?p=15681", "published_at": "2016-09-08T13:05:21+00:00" } ] posts Claim your blog

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2021

[2931] If affirmative action is to end in Malaysia, spending on public service has to increase original ↗

7 Apr 2021

[2930] The biggest losers in this recession: the young original ↗

18 Feb 2021

[2929] Malaysian democracy dies and we forgot to mourn it original ↗

14 Jan 2021

[2928] Rationalizing the camps in Umno original ↗

11 Jan 2021

[2927] M40 classification mischaracterizes the middle class, weakens the middle class and in doing so, weakens democracy in Malaysia original ↗

5 Jan 2021

2020

[2926] My readings in 2020 original ↗

24 Dec 2020

[2925] Free COVID-19 vaccines for more people, and not just Malaysians original ↗

17 Dec 2020

[2924] Would a rule-based progressive corporate income tax be better than an arbitary windfall tax?original ↗

25 Nov 2020

[2923] Watch out for the current balance in Budget 2021 original ↗

5 Nov 2020

[2922] Malaysia’s Covid-19 type II error crisis original ↗

6 Oct 2020

[2921] A map of East Malaysian districts based on the 2019 median household income original ↗

8 Sept 2020

[2920] A map of Peninsula Malaysian districts based on the 2019 median household income original ↗

7 Sept 2020

[2919] Supply-side recovery and demand-side recovery original ↗

30 Aug 2020

[2918] Guess the 2Q20 Malaysian GDP growth original ↗

13 Aug 2020

[2917] Urban life will not go away with WFH and digital technology original ↗

12 Aug 2020

[2916] Change must lead to greater political stability original ↗

16 Jun 2020

[2915] Temporarily lowering labor force growth through massive government-funded tertiary education program original ↗

3 Jun 2020

[2914] Madness in a holy shrine original ↗

23 May 2020

[2913] The Earthly Strip: Mak Cik Kiah’s recession original ↗

31 Mar 2020

[2912] Wisdom is knowing when prices failed original ↗

30 Mar 2020

[2911] RM600 wage subsidies too small to prevent massive layoffs original ↗

27 Mar 2020

[2910] Few lessons from post-war 1940s Malayan supply-side crisis original ↗

25 Mar 2020

[2908] Defund non-critical ministries to fund the Ministry of Health more original ↗

19 Mar 2020

[2907] No time for dry powder original ↗

18 Mar 2020

[2906] Stimulus during a period of intense social distancing/partial lockdown original ↗

17 Mar 2020

[2905] Stimulus is about expectation setting too original ↗

13 Mar 2020

[2904] Reintroducing GST now means austerity original ↗

12 Mar 2020

[2903] The 2015 revenue diversification was not due to GST per se original ↗

11 Mar 2020

[2902] e-Tunai Rakyat under Stimulus 2020 is gravely flawed original ↗

28 Feb 2020

[2901] We are incentivizing the wrong people to save original ↗

8 Jan 2020

[2900] Shoot it, or not original ↗

3 Jan 2020

2019

[2899] My 10 books for the decade original ↗

31 Dec 2019

[2898] Visual representation is history repeating itself original ↗

5 Dec 2019

[2897] Two-tier regulations to enhance ridesharing as a shock absorber in the Malaysian labor market original ↗

10 Nov 2019

[2896] September import figures settled some questions about the health of domestic demand original ↗

5 Nov 2019

[2895] Lim Teck Ghee is exaggerating, but Pakatan has no choice but to do better original ↗

27 Oct 2019

[2894] Free Breakfast Program: Welfare aid, targeting, social status and social stigma original ↗

28 Aug 2019

[2893] We are too eager fighting our culture war original ↗

11 Aug 2019

[2892] Guess the 2Q19 Malaysian GDP growth original ↗

7 Aug 2019

[2891] SST did bring (core) prices down in September 2018 original ↗

15 Jul 2019

[2890] Second best solutions, democratic compromises and reforms original ↗

28 Jun 2019

[2889] The only person in the wrong is the fascist threat make original ↗

2 Jun 2019

[2888] Clearing the air around FDI definitions original ↗

21 May 2019

[2887] Guess the 1Q19 Malaysian GDP growth original ↗

13 May 2019

[2886] Guess the March 2019 inflation rate original ↗

23 Apr 2019

[2885] It has been awhile Ajax, it’s been awhile original ↗

17 Apr 2019

[2884] Is the “middle class” overtaxed?original ↗

13 Apr 2019

[2883] A story on integrity from Solzhenitsyn’s For the Good of the Cause original ↗

12 Apr 2019

[2882] The spirit, not the letter, of government debt and liabilities original ↗

15 Mar 2019

[2881] Guess the 4Q18 Malaysian GDP growth original ↗

13 Feb 2019

[2880] Is McDonald’s no-straw policy in Malaysia credible?original ↗

5 Feb 2019

2018

[2879] Illberal troubles besetting the West liberate liberals elsewhere original ↗

30 Dec 2018

[2878] The anti-ICERD protest is a chance to show this government is different from the past administration original ↗

8 Dec 2018

[2877] ICERD is not the be all and end all original ↗

24 Nov 2018

[2876] Guess the 3Q18 Malaysian GDP growth original ↗

7 Nov 2018

[2875] There is no austerity in Malaysia original ↗

15 Oct 2018

[2874] The true test of this Pakatan Harapan government original ↗

21 Aug 2018

[2873] Guess the 2Q18 Malaysian GDP growth original ↗

14 Aug 2018

[2872] Lasting change needs more work, more time and wider support original ↗

13 May 2018

[2871] Kami junjung cita-cita luhur original ↗

12 May 2018

[2870] Bendera berkibar di angkasa original ↗

10 May 2018

[2868] The last Banton boatmakers original ↗

6 Apr 2018

[2867] Assessing Pakatan Harapan’s manifesto for the 2018 general election original ↗

14 Mar 2018

[2866] Cut it to 4%, instead of abolishing GST altogether original ↗

7 Mar 2018

[2865] Guess the 4Q17 Malaysian GDP growth original ↗

13 Feb 2018

[2864] The limits of non-voting analogy original ↗

23 Jan 2018

[2863] Reading The Malay Dilemma original ↗

19 Jan 2018

2017

[2862] The Last Jedi and the balance in the Force original ↗

15 Dec 2017

[2861] The society (and the GDP) is larger than a collection of individuals original ↗

29 Nov 2017

[2860] Guess the 3Q17 Malaysian GDP growth original ↗

15 Nov 2017

[2859] Manifesto promises I would like to see made original ↗

8 Nov 2017

[2858] Household income growth and Malaysian unhappiness original ↗

11 Oct 2017

[2857] Bruce Gale is wrong on GST, income tax and tax avoidance original ↗

6 Sept 2017

[2856] The police should release arrested Rohingya protesters original ↗

30 Aug 2017

[2855] Improvement TnG must make to create better train commuting experience original ↗

18 Aug 2017

[2854] Oh hello again Sarawak original ↗

17 Jul 2017

[2853] Bank Negara versus everybody else’s 40% housing loan approval rate original ↗

26 May 2017

[2852] Two policemen and a migrant worker original ↗

22 May 2017

[2851] Guess the 1Q17 Malaysian GDP growth original ↗

17 May 2017

[2850] The arbitrariness and the superficiality of Malaysia’s $15,000 high-income nation benchmark original ↗

24 Mar 2017

[2849] The next step: from cash transfer to negative income tax original ↗

15 Feb 2017

[2848] Guess the 4Q16 Malaysian GDP growth original ↗

10 Feb 2017

[2847] We care because we are capable of empathy original ↗

7 Feb 2017

[2846] Unfairly casting aspersion on the Gini coefficient original ↗

23 Jan 2017

[2845] A generous migrant worker original ↗

9 Jan 2017

2016

[2844] Evolution of corporate ownership in Malaysia original ↗

30 Dec 2016

[2843] Comrade Takashimaya original ↗

27 Dec 2016

[2842] Possibly Bersih 5.2 original ↗

22 Nov 2016

[2841] Mahathir, reformed original ↗

22 Nov 2016

[2840] Bersih 5, ticked original ↗

21 Nov 2016

[2839] Syrian refugees on Jalan Bukit Bintang original ↗

15 Nov 2016

[2838] The cheapening of utopias, and failure of imagination original ↗

12 Nov 2016

[2837] Guess Malaysia’s 3Q16 GDP growth original ↗

8 Nov 2016

[2836] Ethnic identification by economic function in Malaysia original ↗

28 Oct 2016

[2835] The economy Mahathir created original ↗

11 Oct 2016

[2834] Unawatuna’s mangosteen original ↗

29 Sept 2016

[2833] The meandering history of joint-stock company original ↗

18 Sept 2016

[2832] Some snacks before a long ride!original ↗

16 Sept 2016

[2831] Corrupt patriotism will eat us all original ↗

15 Sept 2016

[2830] Let’s go crazy original ↗

8 Sept 2016