For a generation or even two since the ascendance of neoliberalism in the 1980s, the world has very much been conditioned to think that weak states with no regulation, low taxes, free movement of money, the financialisation of housing property, and cheap labour, are good…
We should therefore think of building decent public and private housing in the inner city for young people to rent. Seriously, not everyone needs to own a house. But everyone does need shelter.
Media Statement by Liew Chin Tong on 4th November, 2018 in Kuala Lumpur The Budget Speech of the Finance Minister receives the most attention and sets the direction for the economy. Although, the many Malaysians who think that the Speech is the only Budget document,…
I want to start by offering a vision for Malaysia’s future: Society’s income distribution will transition from its current triangle shape, which is large at the bottom, into a more equitable diamond structure, anchored in the centre by a strong and stable middle class. Each…
Empathy should be at the center of economic policies – it makes good political and economic sense. We must always remember that, at the ballot box, a billionaire and a citizen who earns the minimum wage each have a vote equal to that of the…
The following is an edited transcript from a speech by DAP Political Education Director Liew Chin Tong at the South-South Cooperation in the New Asian Era Forum held in University of Malaya on 10th July 2018. The return of Tun Dr Mahathir Mohamad as Malaysia’s…
The Prime Minister and Finance Minister Dato ‘Seri Najib Razak declared Budget 2018 to be the “mother of all budgets”. In fact, the primary purpose of the Budget 2018 was to empower Najib to consolidate his political position. While not much was left for development.…
Pre-Budget commentary (3) by DAP National Political Education Director and MP for Kluang Liew Chin Tong on 27th October 2017 Prime Minister Najib Razak has been on survival mode since the revelation in 2015 that he was personally connected to the 1MDB mega scandal. Even…
Pre-budget commentary (2) by DAP National Political Education Director and MP for Kluang Liew Chin Tong on 25th October 2017 In the past nine years as Minister of Finance and eight years as Prime Minister, Najib has wasted the chance to transform the Malaysian economy…
Pre-budget commentary (1) by DAP National Political Education Director and MP for Kluang Liew Chin Tong on 21st October 2017 The suffix “-nomics” is a popular media term to denote a certain type of economic idea or just a form of ridicule against political rhetoric.…