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Lecture on Liberalism, German Politics and the FNF
This coming Tuesday, May 06, our club and the RC of Makati Pio del Pilar will have a joint meeting with a distinguished speaker, the Country Director of the FNF, and a former Member of the European...
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Labor Econ 14: Labor Day and Government-Mandated Minimum Wages
It is International Labor Day today. Many labor unions and allied groups will be marching in Manila and many other cities worldwide to demand higher government-mandated minimum wage, higher bonuses,...
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Demography 21: China Overtaking the US' GDP Size in 2014?
The IMF's World Economic Outlook (WEO) came out last month. I checked some numbers, particularly GDP size via Purchasing Power Parity (PPP) valuation. The top 4 are still the US, China, India, Japan,...
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Climate Tricks 29: Bioethanol to Save the Planet, or Pollute the Planet?
The use of biofuels is one of the schemes invented by the climate alarmism and energy rationing movement to help "save the planet". By using organic materials like corn and sugar as additive or actual...
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Energy Econ 20: On Slashing the Max Power Generation Charge
When there is thin or very small power reserves on peak demand hours of hot months April-May, there are two options. (1) Have rotating brown outs, kill electricity demand for a few hours in some areas;...
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Climate Tricks 30: On the term "CC Denial/Denier"
Have a friendly debate today in fb with a physician friend, DiVa. She showed a poster of Mr. David Koch saying he has “given $67 million to climate change denial groups since 1997.”I commented that the...
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On MERS CoV and OFWs
This is my sister in law, Gemma Barilea-Oplas, holding my elder daughter Elle Marie, and beside her lone child, Lois, sometime in late 2010 in our province in Neg. Occ. Elle is now 7+ years old while...
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Pol. Ideology 55: Jules Maaten's Lecture on Liberalism
A very informative lecture given by Jules Maaten last Tuesday night at our Rotary Club of Taguig Fort Bonifacio, along with RC Makati Pio del Pilar. Not many people were able to come though although...
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Demography 22: Japan's Depopulation and Migration Policy
A good article here from WSJ last Wednesday. The author is arguing for a more liberal or freer immigration policy by the Japanese government because of the huge manpower requirements by the ageing...
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Agri Econ 12: Presentation at WASWAC-BSWM Seminar
Part-time agro-forestry farming has been my hobby since 1992 (22 years ago) when I started visiting the farm owned by the family of my deceased friend, Mil Millora. Here's my farming...
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Climate Tricks 31: High Intolerance by the Alarmist Camp
See this case of Dr. Lennart Bengtsson, a prominent Swedish climate scientist. The degree of intolerance, of inability to face the inconsistencies of the "man-made" global warming / climate change...
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Free Trade 35: EU-FNF Forum on 'FDI Engine for Job Growth'
Last Tuesday, May 13, I attended the EU-FNF forum on "Foreign Direct Investment: Engine for Job Growth" held at the Mind Museum, Fort Bonifacio Global City, Taguig. It was a powerhouse forum. Welcome...
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Fat Free Econ 54: WEF and East Asia Growth Story
* This is my article yesterday in interaksyon.com.-----------MANILA - The World Economic Forum (WEF) is among the unique inventions in promoting global economic and social dialogue among many sectors...
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Welfarism 28: Nanny State Cares Too Much for its Citizens, UK Style
A welfare and nanny state will ultimately over-extend its "care" for the citizens. Spy, stop and penalize them because it cares for them so much. This is from a Filipino-British friend living in UK, he...
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Energy Econ 21: Joint Statement on EPIRA Implementation
I just received from a friend, a Joint Statement made today on how to improve EPIRA implementation. Many of these points are practical, some are technical. I fully agree with the statement, "EPIRA is...
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EFN Asia 37: Jeju Forum 2014, On Globalization and Inequality
For the second time, Economic Freedom Network (EFN) Asia participated in the Jeju Forum for Peace and Prosperity annual conference, held at the southern island-province of Jeju, South Korea. This...
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Pork Barrel 10: Bloated Budget, Wasteful Government
A physician friend, Doc Tony Leachon, posted this poster in his fb wall and asked, “Do you agree? Yes or No?”ALL the first 26 comments have answered Yes, directly or indirectly. And the succeeding...
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EFN 38: Report on Globalization and Inequality, Jeju Forum 2014
This is the Rapporteur's Report for the panel discussion sponsored by Economic Freedom Network (EFN) Asia last May 29, 2014, at the Jeju Forum for Peace and Prosperity, Haevichi Hotel & Resort,...
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Rotary Notes 7: Fish for Life Project in Taguig-Laguna Lake
The essence of civil society is volunteerism, helping other people without coercion and mandatory action, with penalties if people will not help. The latter is the mark of uncivil society, where people...
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Thailand 4: Three Fingers vs. Martial Law
This news report quickly caught my attention this week. Huh? Thailand's new dictators, they are nuts?The military being fully armed always, has a different mindset compared to civilians, like search...
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