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BWorld 627, Energy at SONA 2023 and electric cooperatives
Energy at SONA 2023 and electric cooperativesAugust 3, 2023My Cup Of LibertyBy Bienvenido S. Oplas,...
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The UPSE PDE lecture and homecoming 2023
A great lecture then homecoming of graduates of the UP School of Economics, Program in Development Economics (PDE) last Saturday, August 19 at the school auditorium.After the lecture, conversation and...
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BWorld 628, Inflation deceleration, G7 deindustrialization, and deficit...
Inflation deceleration, G7 deindustrialization, and deficit reductionAugust 8, 2023My Cup Of LibertyBy Bienvenido S. Oplas, Jr....
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Economics carols (macro, micro, public finance, math econ)
These two economics carols were composed and sang by UPSE PDE batch 33rd, our batch, in Dec. 1997, nearly 26 years ago. We sang this again during the PDE alumni homecoming last Saturday Aug. 19....
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BWorld 629, On ratings upgrades and the budget of state universities
August 10, 2023. https://www.bworldonline.com/opinion/2023/08/10/538725/on-ratings-upgrades-and-the-budget-of-state-universities/Last Monday, Rating and Investment Information, Inc. (R&I), a...
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On Cryptocurrency, CBDCs, MIF
Tonight, former BSP Deputy Governor Diwa Guinigundo, a fellow UPSE alumnus and fellow BusinessWorld columnist, gave a talk at Concerned Doctors and Citizens of the Philippines (CDC Ph) and he spoke on...
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BWorld 630, GDP growth resilience, and the finance and budget lecture at the...
GDP growth resilience, and the finance and budget lecture at the PDE reunionAugust 15, 2023 | 12:02 amMy Cup Of LibertyBy Bienvenido S. Oplas,...
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Pol. Ideology 86, Endless crisis narratives and authoritarianism
On endless crisis narratives -- food/hunger crisis, population crisis, HIV/AIDs crisis, NCDs/smoking crisis, garbage/plastic crisis, climate crisis, virus/health crisis, other "end of time" and similar...
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BWorld 631, Energy realism: Decarbonization and deindustrialization
August 17, https://www.bworldonline.com/opinion/2023/08/17/539962/energy-realism-decarbonization-and-deindustrialization/(Part 4)The rush for “net zero” emissions and decarbonization is evident in...
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Deindustrialization 18, Germany recession and degrowth
More stories about Germany here. Enjoy.-------------German consumers 'pay the highest electricity prices in Europe'The Local 7 Jun,...
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BWorld 632, Financing Growth
Financing growthAugust 22, 2023 | 12:02 amMy Cup Of LibertyBy Bienvenido S. Oplas, Jr. https://www.bworldonline.com/opinion/2023/08/22/540822/financing-growth/(1st of a series)This column will produce...
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Climate 104, Global boiling, wow
Among the recent papers that invalidate the "catastrophic" man-made/anthropogenic Gorebal warming narrative,German Scientists: Global Warming A “Corrupt”, Fear-Mongering Scheme “Headed By Super-Rich”By...
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BWorld 633, Some trends in de-dollarization and implications for developing...
August 24, https://www.bworldonline.com/opinion/2023/08/24/541229/some-trends-in-de-dollarization-and-implications-for-developing-countries/ De-dollarization is the process of countries slowly moving...
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Mining 65, The Mining Philippines 2023 Conference
Next week, the big annual mining conference will take place at Edsa Shangrila Hotel.I will be one of the speakers on Day 2 last panel, among the most important panel discussions -- about mining tax....
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BWorld 634, BRICS energy and Philippine hosting of FIBA games
BRICS energy and Philippine hosting of FIBA gamesAugust 29, 2023 | 12:02 amMy Cup Of LibertyBy Bienvenido S. Oplas, Jr....
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Deindustrialization 19, UK and EU and rising cost of net zero
More stories about UK and EU experiences here. Enjoy.------------- The real costs of wind power prove the sums don’t add upThe chasm between net zero ambition and reality is growing ever largerJEREMY...
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BWorld 635, Financing Growth: reforms in government procurement, MUP pension,...
August 31, 2023. https://www.bworldonline.com/opinion/2023/08/31/542315/financing-growth-reforms-in-government-procurement-mup-pension-and-infrastructure/(Part 2)There were a number of important...
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Mining 66, Reports on proposed new PH mining tax
See these reports in BusinessWorld alone. Enjoy.-----------Cloud over mining taxes holding back nickel jobs creation, legislator saysDecember 22, 2020 | 7:25 pm...
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BWorld 636, Economic basis of net zero is zero
Economic basis of net zero is zeroSeptember 5, 2023 | 12:02 amMy Cup Of LibertyBy Bienvenido S. Oplas, Jr.https://www.bworldonline.com/opinion/2023/09/05/543391/economic-basis-of-net-zero-is-zero/We go...
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Agenda One News, Part 10
Yesterday I was interviewed again by Cito Beltran in his daily program Agenda (Monday-Friday 8-9am) in One News channel of Cignal TV (https://cignal.tv/channels/119/one-news). Topic was about the...
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