economics

GST rate linked property taxes for a progressive nation state. Increasing residential property tax across the board to MATCH GST will certainly go a long way to curb property price speculation.Pls charge property tax at EQUAL to the GST level but with rebates for Singaporeans. The Annual Value...

<hgroup class="typog-content-header main-content-header" style="margin-bottom: 5px; color: rgb(74, 74, 74); font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 18px; line-height: 27.5px;">The Indosphere Made outside India As growth slows and reforms falter, economic activity is shifting out of India...

[Prepared?]Tsunami of immigrants from Europe/ USA immigrants to SE Asia? But are Singaporeans prepared? Today, there is alleged inflation due to capital outflows from USA(FED) Japan due to their aggressive Quantitative Easing (QE) aka print $$$ policies. Today these large countries export $$$...

Money printing (/borrowing) by Singapore government- how much is too much? Briefly, M1= printed SGD in circulation + some more, M3= quasi money= everything including government bonds (treasuries) etc (people will pay U money for these at whatever is market rate(much is sold to CPF so Temasek...

When the banks fail, Singapore will surely follow suit.... [emphasis in quote mine] Zimbabwe borrowed $$$ thinking that their GDP will balloon so much, they'd easily return the foreign currency that they borrowed, Greece I believe thought the same. Zimbabwe ended up printing Z$ with the...

USD/EuroZone 'Rating downgrade - beginning of the end, hyperinflation next' [alt link] Will communist China next rule the world, will we have hyperinflation and then the rise of a new world government and the rise of a new world currency? Prey tell, what are the challenges facing the new...

[Top of The News] DPM Teo CH's textbook gift to Reuben Wang - may I please have a copy too? 'Top of The News': "Mr Teo gave the teenager a book on economics and autographed it...": "Mr Teo said he had avoided simply giving students answers as he wanted them to think deeply about the...

The Eurozone crisis in 5 minutes: By A Singaporean Cynic, dated approx late May2012 The following is a salvaged cache version (previously posted at personal [blog] but now unavailable, see reasons @ bottom). So with the Greek crisis on the tip of everyone’s mouths, I...

GDP: an inadequate measure of progress/ productivity. Just sharing here, my response regarding the same topic at another forum. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ GDP: an inadequate measure of progress/ productivity. Hi Mike...