Covid-19 further exposes vulnerabilities in Singapore’s economic model


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LINDA LIM Further readings on Singapore’s development strategy, and how the economy will be affected by the pandemic, issues raised in the “Beyond the pandemic” webinar on 1 May 2020. On the global limits to Singapore’s development strategy I mentioned that economists have for some time noted that Singapore’s state-directed, multinational-led, export-oriented, import-intensive economic development […]

2020-05-02

What the crisis reveals about the health of Singapore democracy


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KENNETH PAUL TAN Readings on Singapore’s neo-authoritarian traits, minority stereotyping, academic interventions and community engagement, contributed as a follow-up to the webinar, “Beyond the pandemic”, on 1 May 2020. The coronavirus pandemic is a lens through which the weaknesses of Singapore’s neo-authoritarianism can be seen more clearly. Over the years, my research interests have grown […]

2020-05-02

Beyond the pandemic: inequality as lens


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TEO YOU YENN How the concepts of differentiated deservedness and neoliberal morality may help us understand Singapore’s responses to the Covid-19 pandemic. Further reflections on the social science roundtable organised by Academia.SG on 1 May 2020. As a sociologist who studies inequality, I have tried to emphasize two things that sound contradictory: on one hand, […]

2020-05-02