The old – and perverse – idea that if you want a good cure, you need to pay for it is creeping back, says Silvia Vignato. Is this progress?
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The free market system cannot guarantee equitable access to health care services and it is the duty of the government to ensure that the people get access to services they deserve and need, writes masterwordsmith. The tragedy of a large number of Muslim countries is that the common people have no say in governance. The time has come for the supremacy of the people to be recognised, writes Asghar Ali Engineer. Elections are important but they should be seen in the context of a much larger struggle for reforms and change played out over decades, says Anil Netto. Reign in the Hyenas! Invite in the Sabre-Toothed Tigers! The NEM policies are actually recycled neo-liberal IMF/World Bank prescriptions, warns Jeyakumar Devaraj. Anwar had planned to push for accountability and good governance from within Umno – but he was sacked from the party at lightning speed, recalls Hishamuddin Yahaya. Najib’s New Economic Model may look impressive on the surface. But, in our cover story, Jeyakumar Devaraj asserts that NEM policies are actually recycled neo-liberal IMF/World Bank prescriptions for developing countries. Francis Loh, for his part, wonders how the NEM’s plan to decentralise decision-making can be possible when the BN federal government is uninterested in [...] |
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22 February 2012 (11:50) Waging a jihad for 'Malay interests'? Well said Doc., Tapi saya rasa anda telah tersasar dari memahami perkataan Jihad dan arah tuju yang di maksudkan oleh Mufti Perak tersebut.Sebagai masyarakat Malaysia yang majoritinya Melayu/Islam spt mana termaktub dalam perlembagaan seharusny...