A gift may be an economic decision, but behavioural science reveals the real drivers: signalling, warm-glow, and the social rules that shape how we give.
A weekly magazine about Singapore
Featured
Sign up to our weekly newsletter to stay up to date with Jom’s essays, events and start-up journey.
Processing your application
Please check your inbox and click the link to confirm your subscription
There was an error sending the email
Jom staff share their picks for books, music, podcasts, movies, TV, and more.
Paid
Glitches in the LawSoc matrix; the oppressive economics of parcel delivery; culling crows in our City in Nature; another rich Singaporean buys a football club; and more.
See what we’ve written lately
The practice of farming in Singapore has gone through several waves of transformation. What are today’s urban farmers trying to achieve?
Paid
Professor Wong lectures on AI; the erstwhile "nothingness" of Punggol; more youths opting for plastic surgery; our vaping policy; cooking oil in the skies; memories of Alhambra, classic theater of yore; and more
Dear reader, Listen. Last week, to commemorate Singapore’s 60th birthday, I drowned you in words. This week, I leave you with music, specifically a playlist of the golden era of Malay music, from around the time of independence. It’s been curated by Khir Johari, food historian and author...
The traditional Malay music produced by a British company in the 1960s and 1970s is an aural guide to history, tradition and the meaning of change.
Paid
Local firms give workers day off to watch Tamil superstar’s latest release; the art of (really) listening; Malay representation at NDP; hawker woes in the news, again; Singaporeans besotted with Chinese brands; Prabowo government mangles history; things going swimmingly for Sea; and more.
Dear reader, “Singapore This Week”. * Khairy Jamaluddin calls out the PAP for double-standards on campur tangan * Lawrence’s new wonks face their first macro test * Why is public transport ridership declining even as our population rises? * Jom visits “Once Upon a Tide: Singapore’s Journey from Settlement to Global City”...
Our latest product
S$-
S$
Featuring 10 essays that explore “Movement”, “Materiality”, and “Magic” in Singapore, written with signature flair and rigour.
S$-
S$
Featuring an essay each by members of Jom’s editorial team, and many others, all within the themes of “Activism”, “Ecology” and “Music”.
S$-
S$
Not just another tote bag, but a better one. Stylish, durable and versatile, thanks to roomy external pockets and a flat base inside. And you get to tell the world: write, read, think, act.