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Law of diminishing marginal utility, diminishing marginal revenue
In one workshop on taxation and smuggling, I briefly explained the concept or theory of the "law of diminishing marginal utility" or declining satisfaction, happiness, as more of a good, a commodity or...
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BWorld 608, The digital future, rising productivity and economic growth
* BusinessWorld, May 30, 2023.Technology modernization, like the transformation of farm tilling from animals to crude hand tractors to modern fast tractors, always leads to lower cultivation time, less...
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Covid 83, Pfizer trial, EMA and CDC studies
Some reports on adverse events post-Covid vax.Appendix 2.2. Cumulative and Interval Summary Tabulation of Serious and Non-serious Adverse Reactions from Post-Marketing Data Sources (393 pages)Pfizer,...
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BWorld 609, NGCP, low power generation, and the Maharlika Fund
* BusinessWorld, NGCP, low power generation, and the Maharlika FundJune 1, 2023 | 12:02 amMy Cup Of LibertyBy Bienvenido S. Oplas, Jr.Last week, the National Grid Corp. of the Philippines (NGCP) was a...
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Deindustrialization 15, Germany turning from Greens to AfD
I saw these 2 articles from Remix,1. Germany’s anti-immigration AfD hits new polling high of 20%The AfD’s 20 percent support nationwide is unprecedentedJohn Cody.June 21,...
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BWorld 610, Financing sustained growth: MUP pension reform
* BusinessWorld, June 6, 2023.(First of four parts)This is the first of a four-part series on the subject of financing sustained growth. We start by looking at the cash operations report as of April...
View ArticleJemy Gatdula on LGBTQ++
I am reposting here portions of four recent articles by a friend and fellow BusinessWorld columnist, Atty. Jemy Gatdula. The Supreme Court celebrates Pride Month. It shouldn’t. (Part 1, June...
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BWorld 611, Declining inflation and Germany’s energiewende
* BusinessWorld, June 8, 2023.-----------On Tuesday, the Philippine Statistics Authority reported that the country’s inflation for May was 6.1% — still high, but it is the fourth month of consistent...
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Foreign Aid 20, Why government to government transfer of resources can be...
Scrolling through the pages of the book, "The Concise Encyclopedia of Economics" (2008) by David R. Henderson, I saw this article by Prof. Depak Lal on Foreign aid.Right. Because foreign aid is not...
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BWorld 612, Financing growth, fiscal discipline and Maharlika fund
* BusinessWorld, June 13, 2023. Financing growth, fiscal discipline and Maharlika fundJune 13, 2023 | 12:02 amMy Cup Of LibertyBy Bienvenido S. Oplas, Jr.(Second of four-parts)Last week, the...
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Tax Cut 38, My paper in 2021 about tobacco taxes and smuggling
This is my paper in 2021 published by Tholos Foundation in the US.It's 65 pages long but the body is only 18 pages. The rest are annex news reports on smuggling, 2017-2021. Here are some tables in my...
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BWorld 613, Financing sustained growth: Tax reforms
* BusinessWorld, June 15, 2023.----------(Third of four parts)The government economic team or the members of the Development Budget Coordination Committee (DBCC) will hold another Philippine Economic...
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LGBTQ++, cancel culture and UPSEAA
Last Saturday June 24, I shared this observation with some friends and the UPSEAA Viber Community:This afternoon I saw huge "Pride" parade, supporters of LGBTQ++ advocacies. JP Rizal st Makati. Many...
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BWorld 614, FDI in the Philippines and the energy mix
* BusinessWorld, FDI in the Philippines and the energy mixJune 20, 2023 | 12:02 amMy Cup Of LibertyBy Bienvenido S. Oplas, Jr.Last week, the government economic team held the 7th Philippine Economic...
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Mining 64, Mining taxation in PH
I stumbled on a paper by the National Tax Research Center (NTRC), "A Review of the Taxation of the Philippine Mining Industry" in 2019, https://ntrc.gov.ph/images/journal/2019/j20190102a.pdf. PH's...
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BWorld 615, The law of diminishing marginal utility and public policy
* BusinessWorld, The law of diminishing marginal utility and public policyJune 22, 2023 | 12:02 amMy Cup Of LibertyBy Bienvenido S. Oplas, Jr.One of the important contributions of Economics in public...
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France riots, burning, looting and disrespect of property
Several days of riots in Paris and other cities of France, after the shooting of a 17 yo immigrant who disobeyed the police to stop. Initially the riots were anti-police, attack against police stations...
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BWorld 616, Financing sustained growth: NAIA privatization
* BusinessWorld, June 27, 2023.------------The Philippines’ huge outstanding public debt — only P8.22 trillion in 2019, jumping to P13.81 trillion in 2022 and P13.91 trillion in April 2023, and these...
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Energy 171, Nuclear power plants, many are old but still working with zero...
This is an nteresting data. 125 out of 422 nuclear power reactors worldwide, or 99,447 MW out of 377,891 MW capacity, are more than 40 years old, and still operating as of March 2023.How Old Are the...
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BWorld 617, Energy realism: Raising consumption and economic growth
Energy realism: Raising consumption and economic growthJune 29, 2023 | 12:02 amMy Cup Of LibertyBy Bienvenido S. Oplas,...
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