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Opinion & Features
OUTLOOK 2024

Economists had a dreadful 2023

Economist Milton Friedman at a conference in Oct 2003 Friedman was one of the leading scholars of the Chicago School of ideas -- which championed free markets and minimum government intervention.
Opinion & Features
THE BROAD VIEW

Laying Chicago economics to rest

American economist Claudia Goldin, winner of the 2023 Nobel prize in economics, speaking to the media at Harvard University on Oct 9, 2023. The 77-year-old Harvard professor was given the nod "for having advanced our understanding of women's labour market outcomes", the Nobel jury said.
Opinion & Features

Claudia Goldin’s Nobel is a win for women and men

Song Seng Wun has 30 years of experience as an economist, having covered three regional and global recessions with a focus on the Asean-5 economies.
Companies & Markets

Economist Song Seng Wun takes on economic adviser role at CGS-CIMB

China’s property sector is a key growth driver, accounting for about 30 per cent of its economic output. The sector is facing strong headwinds.
Global Enterprise

No rapid rebound for China’s economy, but stimulus may lift sentiment: economists

Contrary to the predictions of most economists, it's possible that the US will get through this disinflationary period and make the proverbial “soft landing”.
Opinion & Features
THE BROAD VIEW

Economists finally have a good excuse for being wrong

Traders on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange during morning trading on November 02, 2022 in New York City.
Columns
THE BOTTOM LINE

Economists see recession coming, so maybe it’s not

Economist Ha-Joon Chang's life was changed by the sci-fi novel 'The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy' that, as he put it, "deployed off-the-wall humour and industrial-grade satire to discuss serious issues".
Columns
THE BROAD VIEW

This is the kind of storytelling that economics needs

Economists think they can beat the market, but they're probably wrong.
Lifestyle
The Broad View

‘If economists are so smart, why ain’t they rich?’

GDP growth to stay subdued, expansionary fiscal policy likely in next Budget: analysts
International

GDP growth to stay subdued, expansionary fiscal policy likely in next Budget: analysts

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