Fat Tails and Unknown Unknowns

The Pulau Bukom refinery fire is finally out and fortunately with no loss of life. For Shell though, their biggest refinery is out of action, possibly for an extended period. […]

We Need A New Model

On  reading the reports of DPM Tharman’s speech at the World Bank-Singapore Infrastructure Finance Summit yesterday, I was surprised how sanguine he was about the likely global recession and its […]

Harmony, Gridlock and River Crabs

The Prime Minister has of late taken to warning us that Singapore needs to get its politics right as well as its economics.  He emphasised this in his National Day […]

Are Foreign Investors Scared?

The Prime Minister Weighs in on Pragmatism v Populism   Hot on the heels of ESM Goh’s comments about the need for Singaporeans to be “pragmatic”, the PM has decided […]

Some Thoughts on the PE

Pragmatism v Populism: A Deliberately Misleading Choice In his remarks on the Presidential Contest*, Emeritus Senior Minister Goh was quoted as saying that Singaporeans must choose between pragmatic and populist […]

National Day Message

National Day 2011 Message from the Reform Party Published: 9th August 2011 1Share My Fellow Singaporeans, Today we Singaporeans meet to celebrate our Nation’s 46th National Day. Today we can […]

Buckle up for a double-dip recession!

Recently the flow of economic news from all around the globe has been dire. The US kept its precious AAA rating and increased its debt ceiling but only by agreeing […]