A post by Jose Raymond, member of the Singapore People’s Party, reveals the story of…
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How the HDB’s Insistence on Home Ownership Quietly Burdens Singapore’s Poor
In 1960, the newly-established Singaporean state assembled the Housing and Development Board (HDB) as one…
This is Homelessness, Truly: Homelessness in Singapore, and Why We Need to Do More
The COVID-19 pandemic has hit everyone hard, but the effects are not equal. In a…
Can Conditional Programs Achieve Democratic Equality?
Elizabeth Anderson believes that conditionality is inherently incompatible with her conception of democratic equality. I…
Poverty as a threat to democracy
Democracy takes many forms – some are Western liberal democracies, others are Asian authoritarian democracies.…
A Living Wage Cannot be Defined: Reflections on the Progressive Wage Model
Ambassador Tommy Koh’s comments in the IPS summit have led to renewed interest in the…
Helping Eddie: The Need for a Universal Basic Income
In “Ploughing On: The Faces and Insecurities of Singapore’s Elderly Working Poor”, Cunico, Lim, and…