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Healthy Ageing 5: RHC Forum on Ageing Market and Geriatric Care
I am half a century old already and will soon become a “dual citizen” in a few years. That is, a Filipino citizen and senior citizen J. This plus the politics of government interventionism in the name...
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Welfarism 27: On Support for Single Mothers and HIV Patients
Two stories here illustrates why state welfarism causes adverse selection problems. This problem shows when the things that are supposed to be avoided come out as a result of the government...
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Climate Tricks 23: Using Typhoon Haiyan for Climate and Energy Rent-Seeking
Below is an abridged article written two weeks ago by a friend, Vice President of Reason Foundation http://reason.org/, Julian Morris. He is also the former Executive Director of the International...
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Weekend Fun 50: Pacquiao, Rios and Pacman U.
Some jokes after Manny Pacquiao beat Brandon Rios last Sunday in Macau.Brandon Rios started the fight looking like Dennis Trillo, in round 10 he's starting to look like Korina Sanchez. -- @djmotwister...
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Fat Free Econ 49: Growth Amid Storms
* This is my article yesterday in interaksyon.com, TV5's news portal.-----------MANILA - By storms, we refer not only to natural typhoons and widespread flooding, but also to political storms that...
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The Pope and Capitalism
A friend from UPSE alumni association, Mike A. wrote me in our SEAA yahoogroups and asked my views on Pope Francis, as he has made a critique on the Free Market ideology, and the Social...
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Nepal and its Maoist Government
* A guest post from a friend in Kathmandu. Robin is a co-founder of Samriddhi, The Prosperity Foundation (http://samriddhi.org/), a free market think tank in Nepal. He was featured in the June 2013...
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Negros Occidental, Part 3
Bacolod City -- Arrived here yesterday in the provincial to attend the wedding of my beautiful niece, Nessa Oplas-Sy. This morning, I went to my hometown, Cadiz City to see again my parents, took some...
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UHC 21: The PGH, Manila City Government and Civil Society
An official of the University of the Philippines (UP) Manila, where the College of Medicine and the Philippine General Hospital (PGH) is based, Dr. Tony Leachon who is also a friend, posted in his...
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LTO Bureaucracy 4: Renewing a Driver's License, circa 2013
I noticed only recently that my driver's license has already expired, in October this year. So this afternoon, I went to the Land Transportation Office (LTO) satellite office at the Ayala MRT station...
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Transport Econ 9: On Fare-Contracting Taxi Drivers
The campaign by the government (LTFRB, LTO, MMDA, LGUs, etc.) and some private citizens against "nangongontrata (fare contracting) or isnabero" taxi drivers this season is wrong. Airlines, shipping...
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Mining 38: Canada's $7.8 B a year tax revenues vs PH's $0.3 B
* This is my article today in Mining Week.----------Two weeks ago, this report from Resource Clips bannered a bold story, Mining industry has paid Canada $71 billion in last 10 years. Excerpts:“The...
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Fat Free Econ 50: Growth, Bubbles and the PH Economy
* This is my article yesterday in interaksyon.com---------MANILA - A few weeks ago, an article from forbes.com written by contributor Jesse Colombo, “Here’s why the Philippines’ economic miracle is...
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Weekend Fun 51: Martilyo Gang Jokes
A few days ago, a jewelry shop in SM North Edsa in Quezon City was robbed by a robbery group known as the “Martilyo Gang”. This group allegedly use martilyo (hammer) to break open the stalls and/or the...
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Weekend Fun 52: Nixon had Watergate, Binay has Dasma Gate
Two jokes from Jim Paredes, a famous Filipino singer, posted in his facebook wall:(1) Nixon had Watergate. Binay has Dasma gate(2) Attention Napocor, Meralco: Habang kulang ng power sa buong Pilipinas,...
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Weekend Fun 53: Mayor Days be Merry and Binays
Mayor days be merry and brightand Mayor all Christmas be white.Binays (be nice), be not naughtySanta Claus is coming to town.Mayor Christmas always Binays.Mayor dreams in Malacanang not come true....
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Christmas 2013: Christmas and Civil Society
Merry Christmas friends. Nice weather here, cloudy everyday, brief rain showers sometimes in the afternoon. Wish you nice vacation. Me, have articles to edit, and a PH economic review to submit before...
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Fat Free Econ 51: Ten Things About the Meralco Rate Hike
* This is my article the other day in interaksyon.com.--------1. The P4.15 per kilowatt-hour (kwh) electricity rate increase is short-term. It should have applied for only a month (if the increase had...
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Business 360 14: Middle Income Trap and Economic Freedom
* This is my article for the December issue of this magazine, published in Kathmandu, Nepal.---------Economic freedom is a major factor for an economy and its people to move from a low income country...
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Fat Free Econ 52: Optimism in 2014
* This is my article in interaksyon.com last December 31, 2013.---------Another tumultuous year has passed. 2013 can be remembered as the year of huge disasters, with Typhoon 'Yolanda' (international...
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