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BWorld 578, Ten predictions on energy markets in 2023
* My article in BusinessWorld last January 9.----------------Continuing this column’s “Top 10” economic series, this 4th installment will cover energy projections for 2023, five global and five...
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Inequality 42, Exclusivity is good
A good arttcle by a friend and fellow BusinessWorld columnist, Jemy Gatdula, "Stop encouraging mediocrity by calling it inclusivity" (January 26,...
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BWorld 579, Ten revenue facts about Top 1,000 corporations
* My column in BusinessWorld last January 16.------------Continuing this column’s “Top 10” series, in this 5th installment I will discuss the recently published BusinessWorld Top 1000 Corporations in...
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Free trade 72, Illicit products and prohibitions in government
Public finance and health. This brand is 40/pack retail, obviously illicit. Saw this in Bugallon, Pangasinan the other day, some tricycle drivers puffing and the packaging has no graphic health...
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BWorld 580, Ten themes in development economics (and the Ruperto Alonzo...
* My article in BusinessWorld last Jan. 23.------------Economics is the study of the proper allocation of limited resources given unlimited wants. Development economics is a branch of economics that...
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Deindustrialization 10, Net zero, ESG and carbon tax
A number of reports using the term "deindustrialization" in Europe late last year. Europe’s descent into deindustrialisationPhilip Pilkington 30 September...
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BWorld 581, 10 trends in GDP and trade in 2022 and 2023
* BusinessWorld, January 26, 2023.-----------------The Philippine Statistics Authority (PSA) released today two important reports, the 4th quarter — and hence, full year 2022 — GDP, and December — and...
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Agenda One News, Part 9
Today I was interviewed again by Cito Beltran, host of the famous daily tv program, "Agenda" in One News channel, Cignal TV. Topic was about the new Bureau of Customs (BOC) Commissioner Bienvenido...
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BWorld 582, Ten things about the military and uniformed personnel pension system
* BusinessWorld January 30, 2023.--------------Continuing the “Top 10” economic issues being discussed in this column, this 8th installment will tackle one huge elephant in the room, the ever-rising...
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Macroecon 21, Tax revenues, PH outstanding debt
Latest revenue numbers from the cash operations report (COR) of the Bureau of Treasury. Bureau of Customs (BOC) has P789 billion already by November 2022.Yogi Ruiz became Acting BOC Commissioner last...
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BWorld 583, Ten trends in global and Philippine energy
* BusinessWorld February 6, 2023. -----------Some developments on the energy front in early 2023, both global and national.1. Oil and gas prices are now lower than during pre-war Ukraine. Comparing...
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Inequality 43, Socialistic aspirations in the PH 1986 Constitution
A revealing article from former Constitutional Commissioner who drafted the Philippines' 1986 Constitution, Full text: 1987 Constitution has 3 central themes, 2 mistakes, says framerChristian Monsod...
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BWorld 584, Ten trends in inflation, PPP, employment, cancer treatment and...
* BusinessWorld Feb. 13, 2023.------------Last week, several important pieces of news and events came out. I am summarizing them here.1. The Philippines inflation rate was 8.7%. The Philippine...
View ArticleCovid 79, Lockdown, news reports of vax injuries
Looking back at the PH's lockdown policies 2020-2021, Duterte administration and his economic, health, political, general and medical "experts" job was to sink the PH as deep as possible. To impose the...
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BWorld 585, Bureaucratic rightsizing a big part of fiscal reform push
* BusinessWorld February 20, 2023.---------“The prodigal perverts by not confining his expense within his income, he encroaches upon his capital… By diminishing the funds destined for the employment of...
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Deindustrialization 11, Failing grid and Net zero
Enjoy the articles here.----------A long value chain struggle: Moving hard tech jobs back to US and Europe won’t be easy or cheapby Min Zhou Jan 5,...
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BWorld 586, Crisis narratives as hindrance to growth and freedom
* BusinessWorld February 27, 2023. -----------Feb. 24 last week marked the first anniversary of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. The Ukraine crisis has morphed from a border war between the two countries...
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The responsibility of life, liberty and property
I am reposting these two-parts column by Atty. Jeremiah Belgica, good reviewer why government was invented, its purpose and limitations. Thanks Atty Miah for these good papers.--------The...
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This blog has reached 2 million views, thanks readers
Yesterday, this blog has reached 2 million views since July 2010, thanks readers. Two million over 153 months (July 2010 to March 2023) average is 13,070 views per month, not bad. Here is the total...
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BWorld 587, Inflation, government spending and borrowings
* BusinessWorld March 6, 2023.---------------The Philippines’ inflation rate of 8.1% last December, then 8.7% last January, was high but it is not unique to us — the country just joined Singapore,...
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