economics

Wednesday, 6 April 2011

The Joy of Sixx DARIUS SIT The nine members of Singaporean band, Sixx, are coming soon to an MRT station near you.	Bangladesh: Grameengate and Beyond. REZWAN Father of microcredit and microfinancing Muhammad Yunus ended 2010 embroiled in a financial scandal. Is something wrong with Bangladesh's much-feted economist and his Grameen Bank?
Asian Tiger Economies Beware VIVIENNE KHOO Provocative economist Lord Meghnad Desai warns against taking Asia’s re-emergence for granted.	South Asian Laggard VIVIENNE KHOO London School of Economics professor Lord Meghnad Desai discusses India’s slow growth.
Learning Calligraphy, 19 Years Later STEVEN N.S. CHEUNG (Translated by Staff Writer) Now 74, Steven N.S. Cheung, one of today’s most influential economists, reflects on the trials and tribulations of calligraphy -- and finds himself at his creative best.	They are all foreigners, but some are of a better breed DAN-CHYI CHUA The Israeli government voted to deport hundreds of children born to migrant workers here in the country. It is astonishing how what would have been the country of Anne Frank has become one that deports children.
Of Strikes and Suicides LANG YAN Recent events at Foxconn and Honda have turned the spotlight on China’s workers. Is the era of cheap Chinese labour coming to an end?