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Competition Policy 3: Jemy Gatdula's Article
The proposal to have a Competition Law in the Philippines has been there since about two decades now. No law yet, and neither is it becoming a law soon.Somehow I support having a Competition Law, but...
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ASEAN 4: Some Economic Data on PH, TH, Vietnam and Cambodia
A friend asked me to give an informal discourse about politics and economics in Thailand, Vietnam and the Philippines. I am not following closely politics in those two countries, I can only gather a...
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Pol. Ideology 51: Liberalism is Not Welfarism
* This is my article yesterday in thelobbyist.biz.----------In the on-going pork barrel scandal and deliberation of the 2014 budget, many sectors are advocating that the money for legislators’ pork...
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Rule of Law 21: Violating Simple Parking Rules
This photo was shared more than a thousand times in facebook as of today. I posted this in my fb wall, it was shared by at least five friends already. Plate number SKE 131. I think this is a Taguig...
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Lion Rock 7: Reading Club Salon 2013, Hong Kong
The Lion Rock Institute (LRI), Hong Kong's first and only free market think tank, will hold its second annual round table discussion on some theoretical concepts, billed as "Reading Club Salon 2013"....
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Liberty Notes from Larry Reed (3)
A continuation of useful quotes from Lawrence "Larry" Reed, President of the Foundation for Economic Education (FEE) in the US. Posted in his facebook wall.Photos below -- 1st row: Larry Reed,...
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UHC 19: Health is a Right, Health is a Responsibility
Last week, September 10, 2013, I attended the “Health System Shapers Roundtable Discussion” for NGOs and private research institutes, held at the DOH. The Health Shapers forum is held for various...
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Business 360 11: Avoiding Middle Income Trap
* This article was published twice. First in Business 360 magazine in Kathmandu, Nepal, September 2013 issue; then in the Economic Freedom Network (EFN) Asia website today.-------------Many Asian...
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Property Rights 6: IPRI 2013 Report
The International Property Rights Index (IPRI) 2013 Report was released last week. Our think tank here in Manila, Minimal Government Thinkers, Inc. is the Philippine partner of the Property Rights...
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UHC 20: Health Equality Will Never Happen
In most discussions about universal health care (UHC) in the Philippines and abroad, focus is on having health equality among people, to be provided by the government. While it is a noble goal, I think...
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Mining 35: Opposition to Mining, Where Do They Come From?
In my previous article in this subject, I said that the EITI Secretariat has declined my belated application to join their conference last month. Upon the request of a friend who is a DOF official, the...
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Parliamentary Dumdum Emotionalism
* This is my guest post in antipinoy today.-----------Some people have the habit or disease of attaching their particular advocacies to their personalities. They have intertwined the issue or message...
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Lion Rock 10: On Having Centralized or Self-Government
This Saturday, I will attend the Reading Club Salon 2013 of the Lion Rock Institute in Hong Kong. It is a full day round table discussion with the theme this year, "Democracy -- Past, Present and...
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EFN Asia 28: Program of the 2013 Conference in Bangkok
The EFN Asia 2013 Conference is all set next week, Monday and Tuesday, in Bangkok. The EFN and Friedrich Naumann Foundation for Freedom (FNF) have partnered with two think tanks in Bangkok as their...
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Religious Freedom vs. Freedom of Mobility
* This is my article today in thelobbyist.biz.----------Last Monday, October 14, 2013, the Iglesia ni Cristo (INC) held a huge medical mission in several places in Manila City. The organizers announced...
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PNoy Government, Pork Barrel and Parliamentarism
Chilling here in my hotel in Hong Kong, arrived today to attend a full day round table discussion tomorrow on “Democracy – Past, Present and Future”, sponsored by the Lion Rock Institute, HK’s first...
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From Pork Barrel to Parliamentary Dumdum
The tirade and personal attacks of the Orion Dumdum camp continues. See, PNoy Government, Pork Barrel and Parliamentarism. I let them open their mouth more, because the more they do, the more they...
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Inequality 16: Inclusive Growth and Central Planning
Two months ago, a friend and fellow UPSE alumni asked me to respond to his ideas, below.Indeed, the economic buzzwords these days is how to achieve "inclusive growth". I'm just wondering why...
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EFN Asia 29: Speakers in Day 1, Conference 2013 in Bangkok
The two-days Economic Freedom Nework (EFN) Asia conference 2013 will start today here at Plaza Athenee hotel, Bangkok, Thailand. More than 130 international and local participants have registered, a...
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Mining 36: Tax that can Wipe Out All PH Public Debt
* This is my article yesterday in Mining Week.-----------The mining industry is a very useful sector because many of the things that humanity needs in modern life come from mining, like cellphones, tv,...
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