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Malaysia's Missing Middle Class

Gregory Ho Wai Son, Research Associate, Khazanah Research Institute

06-Jan-25 07:45

Malaysia's Missing Middle Class

A recent paper by Khazanah Research Institute (KRI) suggests that the traditional understanding of income classification, i.e. B40-M40-T20 inadequately reflects Malaysian society, and that the middle-class is more represented by the very top income groups. How should these findings inform social welfare policy plans? We discuss this with Gregory Ho of KRI.

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Produced by: Jake Lim

Presented by: Shazana Mokhtar, Philip See, Keith Kam


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Categories:  government,  Law/Activism,  economy

Tags:  malaysia,  tax brackets,  middle class,  social welfare,  b40,  m40,  t20, 


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