2018/11/27 |
OPINION: How the DPP Failed Its Supporters by Becoming Another KMT
In 2016, the DPP swept into power promising social progressivism and economic rejuvenation. So why does it now look like the KMT's B team?
2018/11/26 |
OPINION: Why the DPP Lost Taiwan's Local Elections
President Tsai Ing-wen should summon up the courage to be the progressive Taiwan's young voters put into power in 2016, or risk the collapse of the DPP's reform project.
2018/10/22 |
SINGAPORE: Millionaire Ministers and Systemic Inequality
Singapore has excellent healthcare and education, but only a fraction of the population can afford it due to a systemically repressive regime that saps economic vitality at every turn.
2018/10/15 |
An Open Appeal to the UN: Please Do Not Leave the Taiwanese Behind
A Human Rights Defender makes an impassioned plea for the United Nations not to leave Taiwan behind as it pursues its 2030 sustainable development goals.
2018/08/31 |
The Crazy Rich Salaries of Singapore's Ministers Versus the Poor Peasants Who Support Them
Singapore's Crazy Rich Ministers are busy stuffing their own coffers as poverty and inequality run rampant.
2018/07/30 |
ANALYSIS: Taiwan Is Better than Selfish Bosses and Their Heartless Wage Threats
Taiwan's manufacturing industry leaders have hoarded profits at the expense of wages for too long.
2018/07/25 |
ANALYSIS: Why Temasek Holdings' Singapore Pensions Claim Is Tosh
The Singapore government's sovereign wealth fund can be shown to be consistently dishonest over whether it has access to national pension funds.
2018/07/18 |
ANALYSIS: Calculating Singapore's Callous CareShield Cash Grab
Behind a furor over gender inequity in the state disability scheme lies government profiteering.
2018/07/06 |
OPINION: Saluting Singapore's Marvelous Work Ethic!
Welcome to the People's Action Party's government school of logical fallacies
2018/06/29 |
OPINION: On the Distorted Logic of Ministerial Salaries in Singapore
Singapore's prime minister arguably has less to deal with than his fellow national and municipal leaders, so why is he paid such astounding sums?
2018/04/24 |
Cambridge Analytica – The Singapore Connections
SCL Group, the parent company of Cambridge Analytica, and other related companies and individuals have several connections with Singapore.
2018/02/09 |
The Bitter Truth: Why Asia's Tigers Suffer while the Nordics Thrive (Part 5)
Taiwan has outgrown its current economic strategy and needs to move up the value chain to become more like the Nordic countries and the Netherlands.
2018/02/08 |
The Bitter Truth: Why Asia's Tigers Suffer while the Nordics Thrive (Part 4)
Taiwan’s social welfare system stands out – it just doesn't feel like it because low wages make the benefits look insufficient.
2018/02/07 |
The Bitter Truth: Why Asia's Tigers Suffer while the Nordics Thrive (Part 3)
Democratic societies like Taiwan can still fall victim to an authoritarian corporate environment.
2018/02/06 |
The Bitter Truth: Why Asia's Tigers Suffer while the Nordics Thrive (Part 2)
The root of low wages is inequality, and at the root of inequality lies cronyism and closely held corporate control.
2018/02/05 |
The Bitter Truth: Why Asia's Tigers Suffer while the Nordics Thrive (Part 1)
In the first of a 5 part series, Justin Hugo looks at how statistics suggesting the Asian Tiger economies have caught up with their Scandinavian counterparts mask a more sobering wage-based reality.
2017/09/06 |
It's Time to Return Taiwanese Workers What They Rightfully Earn
Business groups simply do not want to show any respect when it comes to raising their workers’ wages, and it's time to start protecting workers in Taiwan.
2017/08/23 |
Tsai’s Government Failing Taiwan’s Workers with Cruel Minimum Wage Increase
Taiwan has been sinking into a state of stagnation for more than a decade, the Tsai government continues to give businesses too much latitude.