Warna ketidaksamaan ekonomi masyarakat Malaysia

Astro Awani |Kemas kini:November 12, 2014
(Diterbitkan pada: November 12, 2014 11:58 MYT)

KUALA LUMPUR: Jurang ketidaksamarataan ekonomi rakyat Malaysia semakin ketara antara golongan berpendapatan rendah dan tinggi.

Apa yang dibimbangkan, ketidaksamarataan itu kekal sebagai status quo jika tiada sebarang dasar segera dilaksanakan untuk mengubahnya.

Pengarang buku ‘The Colour Of Inequality’ - Dr Muhammed Abdul Khalid yang juga Pengarah Kajian Intitut Kajian Khazanah dalam Agenda Awani pada Isnin berkata dasar afirmatif perlu segera dilaksanakan bagi membantu golongan berpendapatan rendah.

Developed nation’ label meaningless if wealth inequality remains, says Daim

The Malaysian Insider

BY LEE SHI-IAN and NATHELIE TAY

Published: 11 November 2014

Warning against growing economic inequality, former finance minister Tun Daim Zainuddin said developed nation status will be meaningless if many of Malaysia's citizens are still earning below the poverty level and are unable to afford their own homes. 

Financial Daily 10 Nov 2014 : AA still needed

Affirmative action still needed to boost low-income group

The Malaysian Insider 9 November 2014
BY JENNIFER GOMEZ  link here

Malaysia may have made great strides in reducing poverty levels, but now needs to grapple with inequality in wealth distribution and opportunities for upward mobility, said an economist and author of "The Colour of Inequality".

Muhammed Abdul Khalid said the widening income gap caused by inequality in opportunity for education, income and asset-ownership, will continue to affect upward mobility among low-income households.

Failure to address this was a recipe for social and political instability, and could pose a danger to economic growth, he told The Malaysian Insider in an interview ahead of his book launch next week.

Dasar ‘afirmatif’ perlu untuk bantu golongan pendapatan rendah

The Malaysian Insider 9 November 2014
OLEH JENNIFER GOMEZ

Dasar ‘afirmatif’ perlu untuk bantu golongan pendapatan rendah, kata ahli akademik  [link here]

OLEH JENNIFER GOMEZ

Published: 9 November 2014

Pengarang buku 'The Colour of Inequality' Muhammed Abdul Khalid berkata, semakin lebar jurang pendapatan disebabkan kurangnya peluang pelajaran, pendapatan dan pemilikan aset, akan terus menyebabkan kurangnya kemampuan di kalangan mereka yang berpendapatan rendah. 

ANTARA DUA DARJAT

Ahad, 9 November 2014

ANTARA DUA DARJAT: CABARAN PENGAGIHAN KEKAYAAN NEGARA DALAM "THE COLOUR OF INEQUALITY" Oleh Wan Ahmad Fayhsal

LINK HERE

Masyarakat dunia ketika ini sedang berhadapan dengan cabaran yang besar berhubung pengagihan kekayaan. Pertumbuhan ekonomi yang pesat telah melahirkan golongan yang diberi jolokan oleh penganalisis antarabangsa terkenal, David Rothkopf sebagai "superclass" - golongan minoriti tetapi amat kaya dan berpengaruh dalam struktur kekuasaan negara-negara dunia. Mereka menerajui industri dan menghasilkan peluang pekerjaan serta menjana kekayaan peribadi yang luar biasa dalam kadar pertumbuhan yang tidak pernah terlintas separuh abad yang lalu.

Book Launch

Date                :     11 November 2014  [Tuesday]

Venue             :     MainHall,  International Institute of Islamic Thought and Civilization(ISTAC), 24 Persiaran Duta, Taman Duta,  Kuala Lumpur

Agenda           :    2:30pm- Welcome Address by Tan Sri Prof Dr. Kamal Salih

                             2:35pm – Discussant by Dato Kadir Jasin

                             3:00pm – Keynote Address by Tun Daim Zainuddin

                             3:30pm – Closing Address by Muhammed Abdul Khalid

                         RSVP  : colorinequality@gmail.com  

Co-host :  International Institute of Islamic Thought and Civilization (ISTAC) IIUM   & MPH