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kjeyaretnam

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.

An American Economist’s Take on the Singapore Model

A few days ago I put up a post on Facebook about the decision by the Los Angeles City Council to raise the minimum wage in the city to US$15 […]

Have Singaporeans Woken Up to the Implications of the ASEAN Agreement on Free Movement of Labour?

Some Singaporeans might think that the PAP Government has gone a long way to tighten the influx of low-cost foreign labour into Singapore by raising foreign worker levies and lowering […]

An Open Letter to the Minister of Finance Concerning the National Productivity Fund

18A Smith Street Singapore 058932 14 May 2015 Tharman Shanmuguratnam Deputy Prime Minister & Minister of Finance Ministry of Finance 100 High Street #10-01 The Treasury Singapore 179434 Dear Minister, […]

Amos Yee in the Lady Chatterley’s Lover Obscenity Trial

The un’bear’able Photoshop Here is a postcard I picked up at the Centre Pompidou in France. The image is of a sculpture by a Belgian artist named Pascal Bernier. The postcard was freely […]

Why is Amos Being Punished before He Has Been Found Guilty?

Now that Amos’s trial has concluded we are all awaiting the verdict on Tuesday. It is abundantly clear that it has been a spectacular waste of taxpayers’ money and only […]

Is Lee Hsien Loong Sleeping on the Job or Just Bored?

Yesterday I wrote about PM Lee’s insensitive May Day message essentially blaming Singaporean workers for the productivity slowdown and saying that wages might have to fall if productivity growth did […]

Why We Should Be Worried About Singapore’s Productivity

The PM has admitted that the PAP's economic policies have been ruinous for productivity .

PM Lee Must Step Out of the Shadows and Condemn the Violence Against Amos

I am writing this blog in a state of shock and horror after seeing the video of  Amos Yee being physically assaulted and then taunted outside the Court. Our Police […]

The Case against Amos Yee Proves We Have No Rule of Law

The Amos Yee prosecution is yet another clear demonstration of the fact that we have no rule of law in Singapore. How would you define rule of law? Tom Bingham, […]

My Response to David Pilling from the Financial Times

I have reproduced above  David Pilling’s article that I refer to in my last blog post “Perspiration without Inspiration. Singapore’s Role in the Asian Economic Boom.” Below is the letter that […]

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