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Why I Study the Russian Revolution
A not-so-short self-indulgent article about my obsession with this period of history (and workers democracy).
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Fuel Subsidy Rationalisation and the Spectre of Sellers' Inflation
How Sellers' Inflation and the need to recoup lost profits due to COVID will impact the fuel subsidy rationalisation rollout and overall price hikes…
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Epilogue to Malaysia’s ‘Incomplete’ Revolution
My reflections on my piece on class coalitions in Malaysian development post-May 2018, and on the incoherence of class politics in Malaysia.
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Capital in Malaysia #5 Defining ‘Safe’ Sectors of the Malaysian Economy
Explaining the link between these 'safe' sectors of conglomerate capital and its relationship to the state and indirectly, politics.
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Capital in Malaysia #4: Conglomerate Capital vs Crony Capital vs State Capital
Disentangling the complex web of Malaysia’s political economy by delineating the forms of capital favoured by the state and political and economic elite
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Capital in Malaysia #3: Investments and Profits, Do They Matter Under Malaysia’s Political Capitalism?
A bit of exposition on profits and investment before diving into looking at the sectors that conglomerate capital thrive in.
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Capital in Malaysia #2: What is Political Capitalism, and Why?
I work through the definition of political capitalism and contextualise it to Malaysia, making the case for it as a distinct category of analysis that…
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