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Singapore is very good. same time, singaporeans are very hard working. as human beings, what we need? food to eat, clothes to wear, a place to sleep, you can get in singapore. so in other words, we have to continue work, you see. if you're working, you'll get something, once lazy, you're out. >> anthony: by some measures, singapore is a welfare state, taking care of the less fortunate, but at its heart, it's a cold blooded meritocracy. you follow the rules -- and there are many, work hard, and you will have a good life. that's the message. >> najip: we are starting to define the definition of ...

I think that's the big kind of singapore. >> anthony: so is there angst? >> sudhir: yeah. definitely there's angst. >> tanya: but i think there is no outlet for it. so everybody is going online, but everybody wants to be anonymous about it. >> melanie: even online, they have paid the price for it. people have been let go of their jobs, and that's the price that we have to pay. >> anthony: the price may seem pretty high by american standards. no political descent, no right to assembly, a restricted press, and limited freedom of speech. sadir vadaketh, melanie chan and tanya angerer. all singapo...

Singapore has fully embraced globalization. and that's proved in their case very rewarding. >> donald: singapore is an outsized economic port primarily because it's so attractive to foreign entrepreneurs primarily in the form of multinational corporations. so right from the start, the economic strategy was always to attract foreign capital. >> anthony: donald low is an economist who spent over ten years researching and writout inabngapore's unique financial policies.

Taught to venerate, that's generally confusing. so what's the best thing about singapore and what's the worst thing about singapore? >> sudhir: i think best things are tolerance and efficiency, but you know, if you look around us right now, there's like a mosque over, there's a buddhist temple over there. there are a bunch of brothels over there, prostitutes walking the street legally. they're regulated by the government. and everyone has kind of accepted this quid pro qou situation. and it somehow works. >> anthony: okay, you were shaking your head no on some of the things he was saying. >> m...

For 30 years, he's responsible for much of the social engineering that holds singapore together, as well as the favorable economic policies that have allowed it to thrive. michael ma arrived in singapore to take advantage of its business climate, becoming an early pioneer of singapore's now famous nightlife. back then, in the beginning, at the very beginning, was it a favorable business climate in the sense that, did they look upon your early efforts generously or kindly? or were they not so sure about this guy? how was it? >> mike: oh, no, singapore is fantastic. >> anthony: and what time did...