September 25, 2018

Malaysia falls to 79th position on Economic Freedom index

Kuala Lumpur, 25 September 2018- Malaysia ranks 79th out of 162 countries and territories included in the Economic Freedom of the World: 2018 Annual Report, released today […]
September 23, 2018

Make GLCs politics-free

KUALA LUMPUR, 23 SEPT 2018-  The running of government-linked companies (GLCs) must be free from politics if the new Pakatan Harapan government is serious about reforms, says […]
September 22, 2018

Sharing economy: What Malaysia needs to do?

Written by Nazrul Nazri, Research Intern at IDEAS
September 22, 2018

IDEAS’ 3rd Liberalism Conference debates the big issues in Malaysia

Kuala Lumpur, 22 September 2018-The Institute for Democracy and Economic Affairs (IDEAS) concluded its 3rd Liberalism Conference today. Many important issues were discussed, ranging from the […]
September 22, 2018

Govt repeating mistakes of old in handling GLCs

KUALA LUMPUR, 22 SEPT 2018- A prominent economist has questioned why the government is returning to the “ways of old” when dealing with government-linked companies (GLCs), despite […]
September 21, 2018

Leveraging our unique federalism

Written by Nazrul Nazri, Research Intern at IDEAS
September 19, 2018

IDEAS urges caution on new digital tax

Kuala Lumpur, 19 September 2018 – Today, IDEAS has published a Brief Ideas titled “Tax in The Digital Age”. The paper considers the current global debate around […]
September 19, 2018

IDEAS lauds the Cabinet’s decision to lower the voting age from 21 to 18 years old

Kuala Lumpur, 19 September 2018 –The Institute for Democracy and Economic Affairs (IDEAS) applauds the Cabinet’s decision today to lower the voting age from 21 to 18 […]
September 19, 2018

New digital tax will increase costs, prices: Ideas

PETALING JAYA, 19 SEPT 2018- A new direct digital tax in Malaysia would increase the costs of digital goods and services, which would in turn, increase prices […]