(Cross posted to Bench Press) Singapore is a fascinating country – despite the lack of what most in the West would recognize as democratic freedom, it consistently ranks well in terms of lack of corruption and high and growing standard of living for its people. It is also one of the boldest when it comes [...]
The Economist has an interesting article on the Kremlin’s latest push to modernize Russia’s economy and kick-start a wave of innovation which would supposedly lead to a “Russia with nuclear-powered spaceships and supercomputers.” Far-fetched as this premise sounded, the article raised many thought-provoking questions on whether or not (and how) Russia could hope to build [...]