The Listening Station

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Twenty five years ago a defiant Dr. Mahathir imposed Capital Controls and fired his deputy, much to the chagrin of the International Community.  According to Milton Friedman; Capital Controls were perfected by Dr. Hjalmar Schacht.  Dr. Schacht was the Currency Commissioner and President of the Reichsbank under the Weimar Republic, and President of the Reichsbank under the Nazi regime between 1933 and 1939. He believed that it was the activity of Jewish currency traders that caused hyperinflation in the Weimar Republic and the infamous crash of Wall Street. Schacht supported public construction programs such as the construction of autobahns (highways).  Schacht studied medicine, philology and political Science before earning a doctorate in economics in 1899 — his thesis was on mercantilism, he boasted an IQ of 143 (the highest among Nazi leaders tested) and wrote 26 books. In retrospect ?  • Neoclassical View  Economist Milton ...

Sentuhan Kecundang. Sewaktu di MRSM Jasin dahulu, saya adalah dari Aliran Sains Tulin. Malah saya bertuah diajar oleh guru-guru Fizik yang hebat seperti Cikgu Shahrome Daud, Cikgu Kassim Bahali, Cikgu Khairul Anuar Abd Muluk, dan saya juga pernah menerima Anugerah dalam beberapa mata pelajaran. Ditakdirkan saya tidak tuntas pengajian ijazah pertama saya di Fakulti Perubatan UKM, inilah namanya Sentuhan Kecundang Medik UKM. Al Kisahnya saya pernah menjadi seorang MLT (Biokimia/Mikrobiologi), peristiwa Kegawatan Ekonomi Asia 98 dan pemecatan Gabenor BNM & Timbalan PM/Menteri Kewangan pada ketika itu telah menyebabkan saya meminati bidang Philosophy, Politics & Economics terutamanya International Political Economy. Berbekalkan penguasaan Bahasa Inggeris saya yang tidak seberapa 'powder-ful' maka bermulalah perjalanan saya untuk cuba memahami bidang ini. Alasan kerap yang diberikan oleh saya adalah, "I got tired of talkin...