Wednesday, June 20, 2007

Inspiring stories

I find the stories in this website are very inspiring.

Saturday, June 16, 2007

Steroid for religious department

Religious department is less efficient compared with other government agencies. The poor management is at the expensive cost of the ummah. Why can't those who work in the religious department be more responsible and effective in delivering their services?

Kenapa kepimpinan agama kurang berjaya?
Oleh: DR. MOHD. ASRI ZAINUL ABIDIN

OIC condition of health

Very few of the organisation’s members can claim infant mortality rates of better than 10 per 1,000 live births; 11 of the countries at the bottom of the world table in this regard are OIC members.

Save the Children
IT was at Malaysia’s behest that the Organisation of the Islamic Conference added a meeting of health ministers to its annual roster of events, as a further step towards meaningful co-operation beyond the existing annual conferences of foreign, information, cultural and tourism ministers.

Thursday, June 14, 2007

Inequality

An overview of inequality
The Quagmire of Inequality
Citing income increases of the most wealthy evokes images of greedy CEOs and hedge-fund managers. But the story is more
complicated.

Wednesday, June 13, 2007

Measuring the economy

Offshoring and phantom GDP

The Real Cost Of Offshoring
U.S. data show that moving jobs overseas hasn't hurt the economy. Here's
why those stats are wrong - BUSINESSWEEK

More on phantom GDP

Tuesday, June 12, 2007

Spiritual question

How much to donate?
Turning wealth into good works
With unprecedented wealth comes the moral
question of what to do with it – and many Americans are choosing to give it to
charity.

Tuesday, June 05, 2007

Clean river is a public good

If we treat the environment poorly, we'll pay the costs later.
India's rivers are drowning in pollution
The Indian government has spent half-a-billion dollars trying to clean up Delhi's Yamuna River. It's only gotten worse, says Fortune's Daniel Pepper. FORTUNE

Monday, June 04, 2007

Billionaire Robin Hood

Investing... It's hard to imagine the type of 'jungle' we are in when we have a billionaire Robin Hood...

The hottest investor in America

Saturday, June 02, 2007

When you believe in market and then you confuse by the outcomes

Markets Make Sense, Except When They Don't

Free market.. Yes we need to regulate it. Government intervention is crucial to ensure people are following the rules of the game properly. But wait... Not everybody is nice. There are crooks out there ready to eat people. This is where we need a good 'internal control' to regulate human behaviour. Religion therefore is important and very significant in regulating behaviors..

About economy, economics and economist

I find this article is ineresting: An Economics Laundry List