Very good long read on AI darioamodei.com/machines-of-lo…

#1 📢We welcome the commitment to rationalise the petrol subsidy by mid-2025, a clear timeline. This reduces the government's spending by almost RM8 billion! Here’s the catch: The targeting mechanism where 85% of the population will still receive the subsidy, remains unclear.

Budget 2025 has been unveiled—now the crucial evaluation begins. What does this budget get right, and where did it fall short? Tonight on #ConsiderThis I ask Danial Rahman Asian Strategy & Leadership Institute (ASLI) & Doris Liew IDEAS Malaysia if #Belanjawan2025 successfully balances progress and prudence.

On #ConsiderThis @Melisa_Idris speaks to Danial Rahman Asian Strategy & Leadership Institute (ASLI) & Doris Liew IDEAS Malaysia about Budget 2025 #Belanjawan2025 #AWANINews x.com/i/broadcasts/1…

"With the expansion of SST, it’s mostly about consumer goods, things like salmon avocados. How big will that be in the grand scheme of things? @Melisa_Idris speaks with Danial Rahman Asian Strategy & Leadership Institute (ASLI) & Doris Liew IDEAS Malaysia #ConsiderThis #Belanjawan2025 bit.ly/3QZTHgS

"With the expansion of SST, it’s mostly about consumer goods, things like salmon avocados. How big will that be in the grand scheme of things? @Melisa_Idris speaks with Danial Rahman Asian Strategy & Leadership Institute (ASLI) & Doris Liew IDEAS Malaysia #ConsiderThis #Belanjawan2025 bit.ly/3QZTHgS

Malaysia's 2025 budget is an ambitious bid to unlock investment s.nikkei.com/4dToG6d

What’s Behind the China-Thailand ‘Strike-2024’ Exercise?  The Diplomat thediplomat.com/2024/10/whats-…

Economists are criticized for predicting a rise in unemployment as job openings fell by a whopping 50%. But be merciful, we economists had never seen the infinitely sloped part of the Beveridge Curve before. :-)

World's most densely populated nation at risk of slide into jihadist chaos - Nikkei Asia asia.nikkei.com/Opinion/World-…

A Uyghur Man’s Escape From China Was Just the Beginning - The New York Times nytimes.com/2024/11/10/mag…

Most PhD students work 10x harder than needed. I see it daily - smart students drowning in manual tasks tools could handle. (This kills your research productivity) 8 use cases where you can cut your workload in half:

How Trump’s protectionism could increase free trade tbsnews.net/features/panor…

🌏 ‘’Building partnerships with countries in East and Southeast Asia is a key step to enhancing EU’s supply chain resilience and addressing risky overreliance on China.’’ ✍️ Doris Liew & Niaz Asadullah Find out more here: ceias.eu/a-closer-eu-as…

Do read the article where we dissect trade flow data between the EU and Asia. Niaz Asadullah CEIAS: Central European Institute of Asian Studies

10 Great Books on Institutions and Economics (Nobel Special) 1) Institutions, Institutional Change and Economic Performance - Douglass North A foundational work in institutional analysis, explaining institutions from first principles and explaining their development through time.

US restriction is chipping away ASEAN’s semiconductor future | Doris Liew ift.tt/2t90V15

The Nickel-based Industrial Paradox: Indonesian Resources, Chinese Profits – The Diplomat thediplomat.com/2025/02/the-ni…

Pres. Trump blinked in trade war with China? Doris Liew "yes, that's the view in Asia...U.S. is getting desperate to strike deals with countries..." Listen to the full interview, only on #PolarisLive: youtube.com/live/sRdBOOflC…

In S3 Episode 30, Bridget Welsh speaks w/ Doris Liew on how SEAsia is addressing the Trump administration's tariffs, including the #Vietnam & #Indonesia deals, & what's at stake for #Malaysia. lnkd.in/e6HSDwAw Apple: apple.co/4o5lif4 Spotify: bit.ly/4lGrnwM