Go East, young bureaucrat - The Economist on Singapore

"In other words, Singapore’s competitive advantage has been good, cheap government

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30/03/2011

"In other words, Singapore’s competitive advantage has been good, cheap government. It has worked hard to keep its state small; even education consumes only 3.3% of GDP. But the real savings come from keeping down social transfers and especially from not indulging the middle class. The older Mr Lee thinks the West’s mistake has been to set up “all you can eat” welfare states: because everything at the buffet is free, it is consumed voraciously."

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