The academic field of political economy has made a resurgence and is at the forefront of cutting-edge social science research. A major part of this resurgence is due to the recently departed Alberto Alesina.
All in Reflections
The academic field of political economy has made a resurgence and is at the forefront of cutting-edge social science research. A major part of this resurgence is due to the recently departed Alberto Alesina.
In any case, the Covid-19 pandemic has shone a light on many of our society’s strengths and, if we are to be honest with ourselves, society’s weaknesses as well.
A CRISIS OF SUCH MAGNITUDE IS BOUND TO HAVE SOME DEEP-LASTING CONSEQUENCES TO SOCIETAL BEHAVIOUR. THIS IMPACTS OUR CULTURES AND NORMS, WHICH THEN IMPACTS THE WAY OUR COLLECTIVE BRAIN FUNCTIONS.
“YOU CAN’T EVER WIN BUT THE FIGHT IS WORTH FIGHTING.” SIMILARLY, THE STRUGGLE FOR A MALAYSIA THAT WE CAN BE PROUD OF IS A NEVER-ENDING ONE. OVERCOME ONE CHALLENGE AND THERE WILL BE ANOTHER HILL AHEAD.
We are not magnificent and the more we recognise that – in our personal lives, in our economy, in business, and, perhaps most of all, in politics, the better our societies can be.
When it was announced that President Trump would be speaking at Davos, I found myself being unable to gauge what sort of reception the Davos crowd would give to President Trump.
We’re not supposed to be as successful as we are and to still have as much potential as we do today. Yet after 60 years of independence, Malaysia has been among the most successful countries in the world in terms of economic growth.
Can Economics show how, the most irrational and illogical – by conventional wisdom, anyway – emotion that humans have can be rational and utility maximising?
Exposure to alternative ideas in our society and in our individual lives to either reaffirm or reevaluate our faiths is an absolute necessity in civil society.