Should Governments Tax Businesses Or Own Them?

When 41 government-linked companies control 55% of all assets on Bursa Malaysia, is the state still "building" the nation or suffocating the private sector? What began as a strategic tool for wealth redistribution has ballooned into a commercial behemoth competing in banks, plantations, and retail. Dr Tricia Yeoh, Associate Professor at the University of Nottingham Malaysia, unpacks the economic conflict between governing and government ownership in the private sector.

Dr Tricia Yeoh is Associate Professor of Practice with the School of Politics, International Relations, and Economics, at the University of Nottingham Malaysia, and Director of the Asian Institute for Policy and Engagement, University of Nottingham Malaysia

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