27 July 2015

Living with Myths IX: Cultural medallions, poverty, histories

Being a review of the 9th in a year-long series of seminars


Poor people don't like oats either

Teo You Yenn is a sociologist who studies Singapore's social welfare ecosystem. What happens after the cabinet fixes a policy stand on social welfare? How does policy get enacted by ministries, semi-government bodies, and social organisation? What does social welfare look like when it is delivered to the poor?