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Meritocracy

Singapore

Singapore must prepare for ‘more churn’, as company failures are part of ecosystem renewal: PM Wong

The process will be ‘uncomfortable, even unsettling’, but necessary to create value

Unequal opportunity replaced lack of ability in the survey as the primary reason why people in China were poor.
International

Chinese lose confidence in meritocracy as path to greater wealth

Connections and growing up in a rich family were now seen as the top predictors of wealth

Prime Minister Lawrence Wong takes a wefie with students from institutes of higher learning at a dialogue held by the Institute of Policy Studies and student-led inter-university group Varsity Voices.
Opinion & Features
THINKING ALOUD

Taking Singapore forward at a more relaxed pace

Far from enabling decline, a more forgiving view of success could encourage flourishing

Teen students visiting an NUS open house. They were brought there by a tuition centre.
Opinion & Features
THE BROAD VIEW

Meritocracy and its discontents

MERITOCRACY is in the core of Singapore’s psyche and is generally believed to be a major force behind the nation’s economic success. Indeed, since the times of Plato’s Republic, meritocracy has been c...

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