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The ‘Grab’ Economy: Did We Ever Need It? And Who Pays for It?
Digital platforms have created jobs and economic activities but at the expense of youth — those who drive and ride for platforms, and their economic…
Apr 22
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Jeremy Lim
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The ‘Grab’ Economy: Did We Ever Need It? And Who Pays for It?
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October 2024
Why I Study the Russian Revolution
A not-so-short self-indulgent article about my obsession with this period of history (and workers democracy).
Oct 28, 2024
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Jeremy Lim
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Why I Study the Russian Revolution
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June 2024
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…
Jun 10, 2024
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Jeremy Lim
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Fuel Subsidy Rationalisation and the Spectre of Sellers' Inflation
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February 2024
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.
Feb 27, 2024
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Jeremy Lim
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Epilogue to Malaysia’s ‘Incomplete’ Revolution
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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.
Feb 12, 2024
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Jeremy Lim
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Capital in Malaysia #5 Defining ‘Safe’ Sectors of the Malaysian Economy
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November 2023
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
Nov 2, 2023
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Jeremy Lim
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Capital in Malaysia #4: Conglomerate Capital vs Crony Capital vs State Capital
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August 2023
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.
Aug 27, 2023
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Jeremy Lim
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Capital in Malaysia #3: Investments and Profits, Do They Matter Under Malaysia’s Political Capitalism?
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July 2023
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…
Jul 5, 2023
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Jeremy Lim
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Capital in Malaysia #2: What is Political Capitalism, and Why?
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June 2023
Capital in Malaysia #1: Capital, Politics and Political Capitalism
This first article will outline what the series hopes to address over the the next issues, namely developing concepts of conglomerate capital and…
Jun 16, 2023
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Jeremy Lim
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Capital in Malaysia #1: Capital, Politics and Political Capitalism
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October 2022
The Economics of Winning Malaysian Elections and Party Machinery
Understanding political culture and its economic lubricant as crucial structural obstacles to positive change, particularly through electoralism and…
Oct 29, 2022
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Jeremy Lim
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The Economics of Winning Malaysian Elections and Party Machinery
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August 2022
The Short History of the #Lawan Protests: A Left Perspective
Understanding the political and social significance of the #Lawan protests, what we can learn from it and how it could have been different.
Aug 6, 2022
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Jeremy Lim
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The Short History of the #Lawan Protests: A Left Perspective
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February 2022
Violence, Colonialism and Possible Histories
Commentary on The Rise of Fascism in Malaya (1971) by Partai Rakyat Malaya
Feb 5, 2022
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Jeremy Lim
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