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I just read the OECD Survey of Adults Skills that dropped in December last year. For some reason, it caught fire this past week. My best guess is that everyone was too busy celebrating Christmas and our midway point to 2030 for this to just slip beneath our radar. Until
Page Count: 194 Chapters : 8 Time Taken: 8 Hours Keith’s Take Chua Beng Huat's Liberalism Disavowed articulates Singapore's disavowal of liberalism as stemming from a combination of historical, ideological, and pragmatic reasons. Singapore did not import Westminster-style democracy wholesale. Instead, it made its own version.
Life can only be understood backwards, but it must be lived forward - Søren Kierkegaard Hot take: I think most of the annual reviews you read online are performative. Here is the usual script: 1. Showcase how 2024 was a killer year by featuring your greatest hits (sprinkle in a
Snap Insight Of The Week I had the privilege of interviewing the sitting Dean of the Lee Kuan Yew School of Public Policy, Professor Danny Quah. He posits that seeing the world as a marketplace rather than a purely anarchic environment is a better mental model. This way, we can
Page Count: 306 Chapters : 10 Time Taken: 7.5 Hours Keith’s Take If you want to understand where China is heading towards, read this book. (As China’s footprint in Southeast Asian economies increase (either via FDI or joint projects), I think this book is a must read for
