Let me refer back to my conversation with the aforementioned tycoon in part one of my essay. Paying the workers well by making structural changes to the labour market will admittedly require a lot of political will, a strong consensus with capital owners and a…
To deal with economic insecurity, the Malaysian state needs to confront some old assumptions and intervene with the aim to create a virtuous cycle of higher pay, higher technological adoption and higher productivity. A sustainable increase in wages has to be achieved through a sustainable…
Nearly 30 percent of Malaysians polled by Gallup in 2018 felt that they did not have enough money for food, while 23 percent reported not having sufficient money for shelter. These are two very essential measurements of economic security or the lack of. These are…
To all Malaysians who created the GE14 miracle, keep fighting. We will be back stronger.