Posted 1/6/2024, 10:50:00 AM
Malaysia Must Recognize Internal Shortcomings, Not Just External Narratives, to Escape Middle-Income Trap: Economist
- Malaysia needs to recognize its own shortcomings instead of focusing on foreign narratives to escape middle-income trap, says economist Jomo Kwame Sundaram
- Country must abandon colonial model that doesn't tax the wealthy if it wants to progress
- Malaysia imported discourse from US and Switzerland as it was fashionable, but needs to study and recognize its own problems
- Policies need to relate aspirations with formulation and implementation to make progress
- Book explores Anwar Ibrahim's roles as nationalist student, Islamic activist, reformist and opposition leader