Manchester United, the English Premier League and Free Markets

The past two weeks have been a disappointing week. Arguably the best team of the past two decades, Manchester United, has hit a rough patch. First a 1-2 loss to mortal enemies Liverpool then followed by a 1-1 draw with the Blues at the Bridge has to a certain extend created a chink in the [...]

Kebahagiaan Pasaran Bebas

Kita tidak boleh menyelesaikan sesuatu masalah dengan pemikiran yang kita guna ketika menemui masalah tersebut. – Albert Einstein (1879-1955). Namun kita tetap berbuat sedemikian. Secara umumnya, system ekonomi barat menggunakan idea-idea yang dipelopori oleh Adam Smith (1723-1790).

Selamat Hari Raya Aidilfitri

Geng Diskopi mengucapkan Selamat Hari Raya Aidilfitri dan memohon maaf zahir dan batin kepada semua rakan-rakan dan pembaca!! Semoga Syawal yang akan datang membawa perubahan yang positif dan kesedaran yang mendalam kepada semua pembaca. Kami di Diskopi berharap usaha pembudayaan ilmu di kampus akan diteruskan dengan giat, dan berkembang pesat. Pembudayaan ilmu adalah penting untuk [...]

Preface to the History of Philosophy, Reconciliation and the Future of Deconstruction for a New Malaysia

In the history of philosophy, many ideas and discourses have taken place, bringing down falsehoods and putting into light new thoughts. As Freidrich Hegel put it, the history of men is the history of ideas. The confrontation of ideas would create dialectic and thus give rise to new ideas which would later be the catalyst [...]

Crisis and Capitalism

The world is in the grip of a banking crisis. It would be easy to blame it all on the bankers, to watch their gloomy desk-clearing with barely concealed Schadenfreude and to look to government and regulators to rebuild a wrecked financial system. But it would be wrong. It may seem an inopportune moment to [...]

ROBERT SKIDELSKY: Farewell to the neo-classical revolution?

THE looming bankruptcy of Lehman Brothers and the forced sale of
Merrill Lynch, two of the greatest names in finance, mark the end of
an era. But what will come next?
Cycles of economic fashion are as old as business cycles, and are
usually caused by deep business disturbances. “Liberal” cycles are
followed by “conservative” cycles, which give way to [...]

Pakatan Rakyat Akan Di “Check-Mate” !

Berita semalam (Rabu, 17 September 2008) merupakan suatu langkah strategis awal oleh Pak Lah. Dua perkara penting yang telah dilakukan oleh Pak Lah untuk mematikan atau ‘check-mate’ gerakan peralihan kuasa yang dilancarkan oleh Anwar Ibrahim pada 16 September yang lepas. Apa dua perkara itu?
Satu, pengambilalihan portfolio kementerian pertahanan oleh Pak Lah sendiri. Jadi, sekarang, selain [...]

Komen Ku di Blog Perundang.

Sahabat pembaca sekalian, saya terbaca satu penulisan oleh sahabat Deniel Ahmad Roslan di Perundang a Scribe bertajuk’Racist’ Perjuangan Antara Hak Dan Perpaduan? Entah mengapa, terguris hati membaca penulisannya, lantas hati pun tergerak untuk menulis komen. Berikut adalah komen ku, yang terpanjang lebar. Sila baca tulisan tersebut terlebih dahulu.

Race and Religion…….

On the 13th of September a discussion was held in AWAM on issues of race and religion. Among the issues discussed was the Bar Council forum, the UITM demonstration and the remark made by Ahmad Ismail during the by-election of Permatang Pauh in Penang not too long ago.

Youths in a Developing Society: Can They Think?

If one reads the book Intellectuals in a Developing Society written by Syed Hussien Alatas, 2 chapters that will come across as very fascinating are the ones relating to bebalisme, and the other about fools in a developing society. Both chapters relay the point of how people, who are bebal or fools, can have a [...]