‘Human capital’ good, ‘Inequality’ bad: Apples to oranges?
The Human Capital Index measures an entirely different set of outcomes, compared to the Inequality Index
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Ranked last in ‘Taxation progressivity’: Tax the most, spend the least?
The Inequality Index puts Singapore as the last in the world for ‘progressivity of taxation’. Is it because we tax the most, spend the least and horde the most?
Refuting the ‘refute’ of the ‘149th’ Inequality Index?
The ‘refute’ of the Inequality Index’s 149th bottom 10 ranking for Singapore, does not hold water
Inequality Index: S’pore bottom 10?
Our poicies are fueling greater inequality, not reducing it!
S’pore is undemocratic, unfair, unjust?
Are we, arguably, so afraid of losing power, that we forget what is undemocratic, unfair, unjust, etc?
Quoted 624 times in Forum Pages?
I did a search at the library and found that I have been quoted 624 times in the newspaper forum pages, since 2004 (the ‘search’…
SPH top 6’s pay: $8.4m?
Is our media among the highest paid in the world?
Can Ministers’ word in Parliament be relied upon?
Can Ministers” word in Parliament be relied upon in the future?
Ministers’ pay totally transparent: Why Temasek CEO’s pay is not?
Why is it that the Parliamentary reply on ministerial salaries only talk about MR1 junior ministers’ starting salary and the PM’s, but not that of say MR1 Ministers, and if we are totally transparent – why is the remuneration of Temasek’s CEO a secret?
‘Very expensive’ electricity in the world: $1.6b profits?
Are our electricity prices one of the most expensive in the world, and the provision of electricity – one of the most profitable?