Notas del episodio
Singapore’s remarkable economic success masks deep inequalities in what’s sometimes called a “first-world country with a third-world wage structure”. Related issues that Lawrence Wong will have to contend with are the public housing conundrum, as well as low fertility and high immigration.
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00:00 The Singapore “miracle”
05:04 First-world country; third-world wage structure
10:58 Donald Low and Gillian Koh on addressing inequality
17:23 The great HDB conundrum
22:59 The 5 Cs, fertility, and immigration
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“The Neighbourhood Boy” is a Jom podcast produced and hosted by Jean Hew, written by Sudhir Vadaketh and Jean Hew, with input from Abhishek Mehrotra. Edited by Artwave Studio, with original music by lowkeii. Illustration by Mirza Jaafar.
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