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Closing the Gender Tax Gap in Indonesia: Lessons from OECD Practices

Taxes are often seen as a tool for economic development and redistribution, yet the system itself can unintentionally perpetuate inequality. Among...
Listra Lubis Listra Lubis
3 min read

Indonesian Must Adapt Saudi’s Digital Transformation in Hajj and Umrah

On 18th August, the Ministry of Hajj and Umrah of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia (KSA) announced a new visa on...
Ahalla Tsauro Ahalla Tsauro
3 min read

Fat Salary, Fat Bellies?

Nowadays, Indonesia, as the biggest growing consumer in the world, is bombarded with various food and beverage products from all over...
Zafira Amani Zafira Amani
2 min read

AI: Challenges, Solutions, and Moratorium

With the rapid development of Artificial Intelligence (AI) technologies recently, along with its benefits, many experts and scholars also shed light...
Annadi Muhammad Alkaf Annadi Muhammad Alkaf
4 min read

The Impact of Artificial Intelligence on the Younger Generation

It is undeniable that we live in a different world right now. Technology and invention have changed the world in almost...
Raisa Andini Adiwangsa Raisa Andini Adiwangsa
3 min read

Transparency of and Subsidising Medical Education

The draft of the new health law (RUU Kesehatan) attracted a lot of public debate, especially coming from policy actors whose...
Amanda Tan Amanda Tan
3 min read

The Price of Our Fast-Paced Lives

It is undeniable that we live in a fast-paced world where everything appears to happen at breakneck speed. From the minute...
Raisa Andini Adiwangsa Raisa Andini Adiwangsa
3 min read

An Oasis for the Stranded, Losers

“What is a rebel? A man who says no.” —Albert Camus While Danish philosopher Søren Kierkegaard and Russian novelist Fyodor Dostoevsky...
Moch Aldy MA Moch Aldy MA
8 min read

Friedrich Nietzsche and So On and So On

“I’m not a man, I’m dynamite.” —Friedrich Wilhelm Nietzsche Throughout the history of western philosophy, no philosopher has been as crazy,...
Moch Aldy MA Moch Aldy MA
10 min read