Saturday, December 23, 2006
Ooh lala, I was reading Globalisation And Its Discontents by Joseph Stigliz. 2001 Nobel Prize winner of Economics ah. Oh my mama.
It was pretty kewl,
I think it's just so...
SEXY for someone who's worked as Chief Economic Advisor for the US president and then proceeded to work at World Bank and stuff to ROARRR out the inadequacies of international instituitions like IMF blatantly.
Kewl.
I think Economics is simply incredibly HOT,
like the HOTTEST subject on Earth. Sort of. Kind of. =Pp
Because it has the REAL influencing power to change the lives of many many people, particularly if we really take into consideration the plights of the poor. Better policies that make good economic sense instead of being based on pure ideology would really help to alleviate the suffering of some 45% of the world living on say $2 a day.
Globalisation has significantly reduced the costs of transportation and communication of goods and services and people, and to a limited extent, labour... But I'm sure there's still a lot more that could be done in light of its economic impacts.
Particularly now there is an increasing backlash against globalisation...
Hmm,
I don't really know how to put my thoughts into perspective la. HEEHEE just rephrasing some significant points I picked out from the book =DD
Wahhh yesterday night I took a look at the blog of Chee Howe's cousin,
whose CV looks as follows:
2006 Graduate Teaching Prize (LSE)
2004 Ministry of Trade and Industry (Singapore) Full Pay Overseas PhD Scholarships
1999 Inland Revenue Authority of Singapore (IRAS) Overseas Scholarships – MSc
1996 Inland Revenue Authority of Singapore (IRAS) Overseas Scholarships – BSc
Academic And Professional Qualification
London School of Economics (LSE), U.K.
PhD Candidate
MRes (Sep 2004 – Jul 2006)
MSc (Economics) with Distinction (Sep 1999 – Jul 2000)
BSc (Economics) with First Class Honours (Oct 1996 – Jul 1999)
When I was looking at the blog I was SRSLY like,
none of the people I know blog abt things lidat. =___=
I mean, I couldn't really see one entry ranting on about "Omg I went to the movies with my friends today it was freaking fun" blah blah. ERMMM you know.
But there were all these posts on the problem of time inconsistency in Economics, perception and reality of income gap, off-shoring and blah blah...
The whole blog is simply so polished+professional I'm rendered speechless and in awe of its... Sophiscatedness. GEEZ.
@.@
Sometimes I just can't help but feel like,
why does it seem as if some people are just borne with all the breaks in life? A smooth ride all the time and blah blah.
While others have to struggle to even have a chance of getting the things that are like given to them matter-of-factly, say like BIRTH rights. GEEEEZ.
I figure my biggest issue is that I want a lot of things,
but I'm simply reluctant to work extremely hard for them.
Or give up other things for them.
But then maybe if you wanna gain something, you really have to make sarcrifices elsewhere to accomodate it.
But my problem is that I'm eternally greedy, and lazy.
In my ideal world there is no scarcity...
ROARRR
But putting my optimistic spectacles back on,
maybe, REALLY it is due to the very fact that it's extremely HARD for me to get focused and serious, that makes it the more worthwhile when I do, that makes the fruits of my rare labour the more salivating... =Pp
Lastly,
as a reminder to myself:
No pain, no gain.
It'll be a tough year ahead.
But I live in a democratic country, and essentially I'm a free individual.
So I must myself bear the consequences of whatever
informed choice that I make, and every bit of my sensibility tells me that all my years of education is geared for the one and only ultimate target - a HC University degree.
I mean,
all logic points to the fact that all practical considerations tells us that it's the degree that matters most of all in the end.
I'm feeling so academic... GEEZ
Christmas is here,
I have no special feelings.
Not a person to bother about dates.
All festivals are merely holidays to me. =Pp
And holidays simply translate to going out and having fun for me.
So that's it.
Merry Christmas, have fun.
And let's all embrace an entire year of shit (upcoming) with all the austere optimism we could muster.
I always tell myself that when all else is dark and bleak,
it means that the break of dawn is near.
When you lose hope and despair at the bottom of the abyss,
there is really nowhere else to go except up.
ROARRR
奮鬥吧!!!
;rock YOU.
7:26 PM
