With years of experience in Malaysia’s economic development and policies, Sulaiman Mahbob’s “A Brief Reading on Malaysian Economy” is a collection of articles written about Malaysian economic growth and development that have been published by The New Straits Times from 2017 to 2022.
This book consists of six chapters which are mainly dedicated to Economic Growth and Recovery, Public Finance and Fiscal Policy, Inflation and Living Costs, Human Capital and Labour Force. The sixth chapter features Sulaiman’s special tribute to the late Ungku Aziz and a few of his writings on current and pressing issues.
Through his writings, Sulaiman Mahbob shares his insight on Malaysia’s continuous economic development throughout the years, together with an assortment of different other topics such as national patriotism, border security and economic inequality in society.
The book published by Institut Masa Depan Malaysia (MASA) serves as a capsule of knowledge; offering Sulaiman’s insight on economics while simultaneously offering readers a glance into Malaysia’s economy of the time.