Martin Jalleh looks at how the BN government has plunged Malaysia deeper into debt due to irresponsible fiscal spending and rampant corruption. Continue reading »
Mar 262013
Oct 182012
Do you get that sinking feeling? If you do, it is not surprising. Martin Jalleh surveys the country’s worrying debt situation. Continue reading »
Aug 022012
Martin Jalleh highlights concerns about Malaysia’s rising debt level in this graphic. Continue reading »
May 242012
With household debt and federal government debt indicators rising and natural resources being depleted, it cannot be business as usual for the Malaysian economy. Anil Netto says it is time for a radical re-think of the economy. Continue reading »
Apr 042012
Tengku Razaleigh Hamzah looks back on the evolution of the Malaysian economy. Malaysians, he says, need to examine our political economy to find out if there has been a fusion of money politics and neo-liberal policies – the worst of both worlds. Continue reading »
Dec 262011
Subramaniam Pillay looks at the worrying rising trend of federal government debt and wonders if Malaysia will go bankrupt. At our current rate of borrowing, it won’t take long before we become another Greece. Continue reading »
Feb 032010
The government’s current concern over the allocation of PTPTN loans is just a piecemeal critique of a very wrong policy, that of privatised tertiary education, says Rani Rasiah.
Nov 182009
The key to understanding the long-term structural causes of the present crisis lies in the nexus between economic inequality, debt and financial explosion, writes Michael Lim Mah Hui.