Singapore’s Dependence on Foreign Funding and our Economic Quandary
PJ explains how Singapore's economy has evolved over time, how it is heavily dependent on foreign funding, and how the PAP tried to wean Singapore off…
Tag: Education
NN Explains: Partisanship
Different political parties or factions represent different political interests that exist in a society. But partisanship becomes a problem when the i…
Consensus Representation Upkeep
Even if the People’s Action Party proves less able to manage and contain conflict under this new phase in Singapore’s political economy, its dimin…
Moral Accountability Challenged
According to the People’s Action Party’s moral ideology of accountability, personal behaviour is seen as core to the critique of a public official…
Increasing Welfare, Containing Entitlement
Singapore’s People’s Action Party has long opposed “Western welfarism”, preferring to emphasise self-reliance. However, this core ideology has…
Capitalism, Inequality, and Ideology in Singapore
Part one of a series of four articles on capitalism, inequality and ideology in Singapore. With widening inequalities and issues with increasing produ…
NN Explains: What Is Democracy?
A basic idea associated with democracy is "rule of the people, by the people, and for the people".
The Citizens’ Agenda: The Top 5 Issues by GE 2015 Constituencies
678 members of New Naratif’s community responded to stage 2 of The Citizens’ Agenda, and this is how they responded based on their constituency.
Southeast Asia Dispatches — Episode 19
Victoria Milko visits refugee camps on the Myanmar-Bangladesh border around the two-year anniversary of an exodus of Rohingya from Myanmar, Kelly Anis…
NN Explains: Toleration, or Living with Disagreement & Difference
It's not unusual for there to be tensions and conflict within societies, given the variety of groups, interests, and concerns. Instead, the key is how…
