Although all my essays and assorted writings here have been tagged with a special category, I’ve made a list of them here with a short description of what they are about.
‘Inverting the Security Dilemma: A Demand-Reduction Approach to A Nuclear Weapons-Free World’
Students for a Nuclear Weapons-Free World Essay Contest 2008 Winner
Embassy of the Republic of Azerbaijan Essay Competition 2008 Finalist
‘Sustainable Development through Capital Markets: Private Sector and Market Approaches to Economic Development’
Institute for Humane Studies Essay Contest for Undergraduates 2007-2008 second place
On Sachs, Easterly, Prahalad, Grameen etc.
‘P2P Microfinance for Sustainable Productivity Network Access in Rural China’
Social Equity Venture Fund student essay competition 2007 undergraduate prize.
On China’s development history and microfinance.
‘Gundamnomics: Transforming Corporate Japan for the Challenges of Global Capitalism’
Japan Foreign Trade Council essay competition 2007 prize for excellence.
About Japanese corporate governance reform, nothing to do with giant space robots though.
‘The fever at the bottom of the pyramid: towards private-sector and market-oriented solutions for the 10/90 gap.’
Lancet/Global Forum for Health Research essay competition finalist, published in Young Voices in Research for Health 2007.
This essay on innovation prizes for drug research and healthcare-oriented social enterprises was inspired by reading a drug advertisement in an opera playbill.
‘Fund the student, not the institution.’
Co-published with Dr. Ivan Png, ex-NMP, in Straits Times, Oct 10 2007.
This was originally a far more critical piece I wrote for The Online Citizen on market distortions in Singapore’s higher education industry, but I won’t link to that version directly to avoid a potential trackback ’slashdotting’.
‘The Culture of Success: Foundations for Competitiveness in the Global Economy.’
Culture of Enterprise contest 2006 first place.
This essay illustrates cultural traits that affect economic competitiveness, with particular attention to East Asian cultural traditions and Singapore.
‘Entrepreneurship & Education for the Poor in Low-income Countries.’
A World Connected contest 2006 third place.
Mostly on James Tooley’s work on private schools in the developing world.
‘Knowledge Aggregation And Transaction/Agency Cost Strategies Through P2P-Based Workspaces And Networks.’
iX Conference 2006 runner-up.
My first serious powerpoint presentation, on a theoretical application of free market economics to information technology.
‘Virtuous Harmony: Asia’s Responsibilities and Interests in Currency Liberalization.’
Monetary Authority of Singapore contest 2005 third place.
Co-written with Geoffrey, we discussed the benefits of exchange rate liberalization with an East Asian cultural motif.
‘The Tao of APEC: Alternatives to state-centric conceptions for trade liberalization.’
APEC International contest 2005 second place.
The essay that won me a trip to APEC Korea! Interview here.