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Samad Ramoly

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Sep 14, 2026
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Jul 20, 2026

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  1. Article · Sep 14, 2026 · Samad Ramoly

    The Pillars of Lee Kuan Yew’s Hands-On Approach (opens the original)

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    In contemporary management circles, the phrase “hands-on leadership” frequently suffers from a branding crisis. Mention the term to an executive, and it conjures images of the suffocating micromanager — the boss who hovers over spreadsheets, polices inbox response times, and hoards decision-making authority. Yet, true hands-on leadership is not about stifling control; it is about architectural engagement. To understand this style at its zenith, one must look to the man who transformed Singapore

  2. Article · Sep 8, 2026 · Samad Ramoly

    Let’s Stop Thinking Like Economists (opens the original)

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    It is time to say it clearly: mainstream economic thought has colonised our minds, and it has left us impoverished. For decades, we have been taught to view the world through a single lens: that of calculation, optimisation, and cost-benefit analysis. We have been sold the idea that human beings are rational creatures who maximise their own self-interest, that the market is the ultimate judge of value, and that efficiency must take precedence over everything else. This vision is not neutral. It

  3. Article · Aug 31, 2026 · Samad Ramoly

    How Lee Kuan Yew managed Identity Vulnerability to Build a Nation (opens the original)

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    People without deep roots are more vulnerable to outside influences—whether beneficial or harmful. The problem is not the influence itself, but the lack of a stable inner foundation from which to welcome, filter, or transform it, rather than simply absorbing it as it is. Faced with this reality, the temptation to withdraw is strong: clinging to a fixed idea of what one should be, refusing outside things, and raising cultural borders for protection. But this conservative posture is not a return t

  4. Article · Aug 24, 2026 · Samad Ramoly

    How Banking Spreads Hurt Mauritian Citizens and Entrepreneurs — And How to Fix Them (opens the original)

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    The chart below measures the interest rate spread, representing the percentage-point difference between a central bank’s benchmark policy rate and the average prime lending rate (PLR) charged by commercial banks. This metric serves as a direct indicator of monetary policy transmission efficiency and financial sector friction. A wider spread indicates that the central bank’s efforts to lower borrowing costs are losing momentum before reaching the real economy, resulting in an expensive cash premi

  5. Article · Aug 17, 2026 · Samad Ramoly

    Many Decades of “No Alternative”: What the Rupee’s Nosedive actually Reveals (opens the original)

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    When the Bank of Mauritius abolished exchange controls in July 1994 and let the rupee float, the promise was simple: a currency set free by markets, disciplined by fundamentals, would find its natural level — and a “competitive” rupee would carry the island’s export sector into a new era of growth. Three decades on, the rupee has lost roughly two-thirds of its value against the dollar. The export sector it was meant to support now imports more than it earns. And the official language used to jus

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