I'm a Singaporean economist who became an opposition activist. I blog to provide an alternative to the porkies that the Pinkies tell. It just so happens that my alternative is the truth. That's why I've never been sued in any civil or criminal court no matter how hard hitting my criticism.
I'm quoted and interviewed and asked to speak across the world but largely censored in Singapore in an effort to silence my political opinions.
The left hate me because they think I split their vote and because I eschew their outmoded economic models. Models that don't work.
The Right and the Conservatives hate me because I'm a liberal.
I'm not sure what the middle think of me. I don't think there are more than a handful of people in the middle, here in Singapore.
I'm a Singaporean born and bred, dual heritage, my parents Singaporean established here before the State of Singapore was created. I'm not Eurasian.
I read economics at Cambridge and could be broadly described as from the Keynesian school but I believe in interventions. I was formerly a successful hedge fund manager. After economics and politics my greatest interests are history, film and Makan. I run but I run so I can eat like a Singaporean.
I was reading The State Times’s article from 13 February entitled “Singapore economy grows 4.4% in 2024, but growth seen slowing to 1% to 3% in 2025″ when I came […]
With the GE fast approaching the PAP are planning to use every one of their repressive laws, media monopoly and lack of an independent Elections Commission to tilt the election […]
Desmond Lee, whom I excoriated in my last post for claiming that the minority residents of West Coast GRC were well served by the remaining majority race MPs after Iswaran […]
Today state media reported Desmond Lee as saying “West Coast Group Representation Constituency may be down one Member of Parliament, but the remaining MPs have stepped up to ensure “no […]
Today state media mouthpiece, Asiaone, funded with your hardearned money but working round the clock to re-elect the PAP and ensure their continued access to inflated state salaries for them […]
At a press conference yesterday state media reported that you said that the actions of Lee Hsien Yang would “not distract the government from focusing on core issues that are […]
Pritam Singh’s trial has completed a week and is scheduled to run for another week. The double standards are apparent to everyone. Why, to take one example, was Tan Chuan […]
Yesterday the Government blocked the Income Insurance-Allianz deal in its current form though it indicated that the door was open to restructure the deal. However the revelations that there was […]
Today was the first day of Pritam’s Singh’s trial on charges of perjury before the Parliamentary Committee of Privileges, which was often rolled out during my father’s time in Parliament […]
Today CNA reported that Dyson was conducting “surprise” layoffs in Singapore that left employees “shocked and in a state of low morale”. According to the report Dyson employed 1920 people […]
The Ricebowl Singapore (TRS) 