Liberalism Unveiled: Forging A New Third Way In Singapore

253 Pages·2021·5.723 MB·English

by  Bryan Cheang & Donovan Choy

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I highly recommend Bryan Cheang and Donovan Choy’s fresh take on
Singaporean policy discourse. They put forward a new classical liberal
perspective that challenges both the establishment “Singapore consensus”
and its progressive liberal critics. Engaging with themes such as social
inequality, environmentalism, and media freedom, this book argues that
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Singaporean society. Bryan Cheang and Donovan Choy make a strong
case for Singapore to evolve to greater stages of prosperity, which
only comes through freedom. The proposal: governance rooted in the
political philosophy of epistemic liberalism.
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