Economy and Finance

Economy and Finance
Youth empowerment through digital platforms

Digital platforms are a crucial medium to spur youth empowerment in Malaysia –politically and economically.
By Rosihan Addin Rosihan Adi

3 years ago
Economy and Finance
Find MySejahtera alternatives, move away from MySJ deal

The transition into endemicity should be seen by the government as an opportunity to move away or find alternatives to MySejahtera application, and free itself from MySJ.
By Rais Hussin and Ameen Kamal

3 years ago
Domestic Policy
Improving urban public transportation in Malaysia

On top of increased public ridership, lesser cars and motorcycles along the highways would help to reduce air pollution, energy consumption and traffic congestion altogether.
By Amanda Yeo

3 years ago
Economy and Finance
Highway buy-back a form of “bailout” by the people?

The overall objective should be meeting the minimum end date of the concession, so that the people are not burdened any further through extensions.
By Rais Hussin and Ameen Kamal

3 years ago
Economy and Finance
Technocratic legal bailout framework to arrest “bailoutpreneurship”

All government bailouts must come with the sensibility tests and robust, neutral bailout framework to avoid “bailout-preneurs” enriching themselves under many disguises.
By Rais Hussin and Margarita Peredaryenko

3 years ago
Domestic Policy
Proper price control mechanisms required to deal with soaring vegetable prices

The government has to intensify and enhance the policy mechanisms to guarantee the welfare of farmers, wholesalers, retailers and consumers alike.
By Amanda Yeo

3 years ago
Domestic Policy
MySejahtera-related ownerships split in three ways

It is unclear how ownership separation is operationalised outside of legal documents, and important issues remain unaddressed.
By Rais Hussin and Ameen Kamal

3 years ago
Economy and Finance
Why Sri Lanka isn’t an example of how low interest rate combined with fiscal deficit are necessarily bad

There’s no consistently and steady linear increase of inflation as such.
By Jason Loh

3 years ago
Domestic Policy
More than the bare minimum – adopting the “living wage” in Malaysia

Towards that end, EMIR Research calls for the minimum wage to be reconceptualised as a starting point instead of a benchmark.
By Rosihan Addin Rosihan Adi

3 years ago
Economy and Finance
Petrodollar Warfare: Oil, Russia and the Future of the Dollar

A monumental shift from the unipolar world with rigidly centralised Western politico-economic power, toward a more balanced and fairer multipolar world, gains momentum.
By Rais Hussin and Margarita Peredaryenko

3 years ago

Digital platforms are a crucial medium to spur youth empowerment in Malaysia –politically and economically.

The transition into endemicity should be seen by the government as an opportunity to move away or find alternatives to MySejahtera application, and free itself from MySJ.

On top of increased public ridership, lesser cars and motorcycles along the highways would help to reduce air pollution, energy consumption and traffic congestion altogether.

The overall objective should be meeting the minimum end date of the concession, so that the people are not burdened any further through extensions.

All government bailouts must come with the sensibility tests and robust, neutral bailout framework to avoid “bailout-preneurs” enriching themselves under many disguises.

The government has to intensify and enhance the policy mechanisms to guarantee the welfare of farmers, wholesalers, retailers and consumers alike.

It is unclear how ownership separation is operationalised outside of legal documents, and important issues remain unaddressed.

There’s no consistently and steady linear increase of inflation as such.

Towards that end, EMIR Research calls for the minimum wage to be reconceptualised as a starting point instead of a benchmark.

A monumental shift from the unipolar world with rigidly centralised Western politico-economic power, toward a more balanced and fairer multipolar world, gains momentum.