The costs of inequality: Not just a case of “poor envy”
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Nicholas Chan
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The crude dynamics of the price of petrol
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We know that Malaysia depends a lot on income from its oil and gas. But exactly how much? Well, a whopping RM73.4bil alone in 2013 was contributed by Petronas,...
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The letter in English: Ipoh’s place on the Sun Yat-Sen trail
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