capitalism

A recent report by Khazanah Research Institute (KRI), ‘The Financialisation of Our Lives: Values and Trade-offs,’ helps to shed light on how financial systems, which were initially designed to fuel economic growth, are now fuelling household debt. With the proliferation of financial schemes like Buy Now Pay Later, how do modern financial practices affect our daily lives and long-term financial health? On this episode of #ConsiderThis Melisa Idris speaks to Dr Suraya Ismail, Director of Research at Khazanah Research Institute, and Shereen Hazirah Hishamudin Senior Research Associate at KRI.

Whatever Malaysia produces for the region or the world, there are very few technological breakthroughs.

Kishida repeated a call for an economic stimulus package worth "tens of trillions of yen" to combat the coronavirus pandemic.

The Sun reported that he later added: "Actually I regret saying it".

Limited liability encourages shareholders not to pay attention to the harm corporations they invest in may do, says economist Prof Jomo Kwame Sundaram.

There's been a lot of talk about gender parity, feminism and equality at the Venice Film Festival this year.

Did Western capitalists cherry pick a narrow view of capitalism as expounded by its founding father, and the world paid for this folly in crisis upon crisis. Nazim Rahman thinks so.

Why is capitalism being rewarded, at the expense of labour? Capital Gains is taxed at 15 % and income at 40 %. These are the questions Fareed Zakaria wants the world to take a long and hard look at.

Pope Francis arrived in the United States on Tuesday for his first visit, a historic six-day trip to the spiritual home of capitalism after his tour of communist-ruled Cuba.

A group of killjoys marched through Tokyo protesting what it called the "passion-based capitalism" of the annual celebration of romance.

Malaysia's international reserves rose to US$118.0 billion as at Nov 15, 2024, up from US$117.6 billion on Oct 30, 2024.

The findings announced are part of a years-long study of the history of the cosmos focusing upon dark energy.

The Ministry of Natural Resources and Environmental Sustainability (NRES) wishes to offer the following clarifications to the issues raised.

The Online Safety Advocacy Group (OSAG) stands united with people in Malaysia in the fight against serious online harms.

Malaysia's inflation rate for October 2024 has increased to 1.9 per cent, up from 1.8 per cent in September this year.

For the first time, Saudi Arabia is participating in the China International Aviation & Aerospace Exhibition held recently in Zhuhai.

The coronation of Britain's King Charles cost taxpayers GBP72 million (US$90 million), official accounts have revealed.

A married couple and a man were charged in the Magistrate's Court here today with trafficking 51.974 kilogrammes of Methamphetamine.

The police may seek new testimony from existing witnesses for additional insights into the investigation of Teoh Beng Hock's death.

Thailand's Constitutional Court rejects a petition seeking to stop Thaksin Shinawatra from interfering in the running the Pheu Thai party.