<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8" standalone="yes"?><rss version="2.0" xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom"><channel><title>Essays on Roma writes things</title><link>https://blog.rumarion.com/posts/essays/</link><description>Recent content in Essays on Roma writes things</description><generator>Hugo</generator><language>en</language><copyright>© 2026 Ritisha Roma. All rights reserved.</copyright><lastBuildDate>Mon, 20 Jul 2026 17:54:00 +0800</lastBuildDate><atom:link href="https://blog.rumarion.com/posts/essays/index.xml" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml"/><item><title>Singapore’s Productivity Paradox: Decline Masked as Stability</title><link>https://blog.rumarion.com/posts/essays/productivity_paradox/</link><pubDate>Mon, 20 Jul 2026 17:54:00 +0800</pubDate><guid>https://blog.rumarion.com/posts/essays/productivity_paradox/</guid><description>&lt;p&gt;Dr Goh Keng Swee built Singapore&amp;rsquo;s growth model, then warned in 1972 that it would eventually fail us in three specific ways that have already arrived. So we have an economy that keeps growing while Singaporeans keep feeling worse off. I wrote this to trace how we got here, why GDP has stopped telling us the truth, and what an honest restructuring would actually require.&lt;/p&gt;</description></item><item><title>Zimbabwe</title><link>https://blog.rumarion.com/posts/essays/zimbabwe/</link><pubDate>Fri, 05 Sep 2025 23:59:00 +0800</pubDate><guid>https://blog.rumarion.com/posts/essays/zimbabwe/</guid><description/></item><item><title>El Salvador</title><link>https://blog.rumarion.com/posts/essays/el_salvador/</link><pubDate>Sat, 17 Aug 2024 23:57:00 +0800</pubDate><guid>https://blog.rumarion.com/posts/essays/el_salvador/</guid><description/></item></channel></rss>