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BWorld 707, PHL deficit across 7 administrations
PHL deficit across 7 administrationsMay 21, 2024 | 12:02 amBy Bienvenido S. Oplas,...
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Decentralization 12, The need for LGUs competition
A new law creating the Negros Island Region (NIR), RA 12000, was signed recently by the President. Before this, Negros Occidental was with Region 6, Western Visayas while Negros Oriental was with...
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BWorld 708, Degrowth vs prosperity in economic and energy policies
Degrowth vs prosperity in economic and energy policiesMay 23, 2024 | 12:02 amBy Bienvenido S. Oplas,...
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Fiscal Irresponsibility 36, Big increase in US public debt during lockdown
In a column in Philippine Star the other day June 18, Alex Magno wrote, "In his four years at the White House, Trump cut taxes for the rich. As a result, America’s debt rose by a staggering $8.4...
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BWorld 709, Growth momentum key to Philippines’ upper middle-income goal
Growth momentum key to Philippines’ upper middle-income goalMay 28, 2024 | 12:02 amMy Cup Of LibertyBy Bienvenido S. Oplas,...
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Energy 177, Coal and industrialization
TheWind power in Europe, capacity increased from 216.6 GW in 2020 to 232.5 GW in 2021, and 251.8 GW in 2022. But actual wind generation decreased from 513.0 TWH in 2020 to 500.4 TWH in 2021, recovered...
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BWorld 710, Philippine economic expansion and endless pursuit for prosperity
Philippine economic expansion and endless pursuit for prosperityMay 30, 2024 | 12:01 amMy Cup Of LibertyBy Bienvenido S. Oplas,...
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Macroecon 29, Vietnam's high growth, non-war mongering stance
Vietnam just reported their 2nd quarter (Q2) 2024 GDP growth yoy, it's a high 6.93% from Q2 2023 of 4.25%. Congratulations, Vietnam. This should be partly due to your non-war-mongering, more trade and...
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BWorld 711, Thinning reserves and why we need nuclear energy
Thinning reserves and why we need nuclear energyJune 4, 2024 | 12:02 amMy Cup Of LibertyBy Bienvenido S. Oplas,...
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US-China 2, Trump-Biden debate and TW, SCS
The Trump-Biden first debate the other night, it was toast for Biden. See these quick results within hours of their debate.During Trump's 4 years (2017-2020), no new war. He also wanted to pull out US...
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BWorld 712, The Laffer Curve of Philippine tobacco taxation, redux
The Laffer Curve of Philippine tobacco taxation, reduxJune 6, 2024 | 12:02 amMy Cup Of LibertyBy Bienvenido S. Oplas,...
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Energy 178, Atty. Nino Juan 3-parts articles about the ERC
Good articles by Atty. Nino Juan, former Executive Director of the Energy Regulatory Commission (ERC) then President of the Independent Electricity Market Operator of the Philippines (IEMOP). He's a...
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BWorld 713, Declining growth and rising unemployment: East Asia vs Europe
Declining growth and rising unemployment: East Asia vs EuropeJune 11, 2024 | 12:02 amMy Cup Of LibertyBy Bienvenido S. Oplas,...
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Ukraine War 4, Jeffrey Sachs on the need for negotiation
I was not a fan of Jeffrey Sachs before with his endless Save-the-planet narratives. But during the Russia-Ukraine war, he has pivoted to Save-the-peace movement and I like him there. His latest...
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BWorld 714, On the role of coal in Asia and renewing Meralco’s franchise
On the role of coal in Asia and renewing Meralco’s franchiseJune 13, 2024 | 12:02 amMy Cup Of LibertyBy Bienvenido S. Oplas,...
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US-China 3, Dr. Francisco "Dodong" Nemenzo on the SCS territory dispute
I am reposting this paper by Dr. Francisco "Dodging" Nemenzo on the SCS territory conflict. He wrote this a decade ago. Dodong is former UP President and a highly respected academic political...
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BWorld 715, Declining borrowings and improving credit ratings
Declining borrowings and improving credit ratingsJune 18, 2024 | 12:02 amMy Cup Of LibertyBy Bienvenido S. Oplas,...
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Agri Econ 40, Food inflation higher than overall inflation
In many countries, their overall inflation rate is lower than food inflation. This is also happening in the Philippines. Below, Philippines overall monthly inflation rate the past 5 years, peak of 8.7%...
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BWorld 716, Trends in Philippines and global merchandise trade
Trends in Philippines and global merchandise tradeJune 20, 2024 | 12:02 amMy Cup Of LibertyBy Bienvenido S. Oplas,...
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Energy 179, UAE's big jump to nuclear power
Fantastic United Arab Emirates (UAE). It's an oil-gas producing and exporting giant yet they are going to nuclear power big time. They built/building 1,345 MW nuke plants x 4, started building 2012 to...
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