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FDIs, Hong Kong Democracy and China Communism
This 2013 data does not include foreign direct investment (FDI) outflows, only inflows and thus, the net inflow is not shown. Still a useful data.For European economies in this list, including the...
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PAGASA 4: On Unjustified Class Cancellations
Yesterday, I was upset that the Philippine Atmospheric Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration (PAGASA) declared public storm warning signal (PSWS) #1 over Metro Manila at 11:45am, when it...
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Energy Econ 23: Death of Australia's Carbon Tax
Today, Australia officially killed the onerous and climate alarmism law, carbon tax. I am posting below portions of selected news reports on the subject.From The Australian today, The Prime Minister,...
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Inequality 19: Notes and Quotes on Globalization and Inequality
Reposting here some notes and quotes on the subject which I posted in the facebook group, Government and Taxes, Liberty and Responsibility last month.A good chart from Cato last May 3, 2014....
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Mining 40: MICC and its Proposed 79 Percent Effective Tax Rate
Early this month, the Mining Industry Coordinating Council (MICC) has proposed an effective mining tax rate of 79 percent. From BWorld, July 07, 2014,“We are dismayed that the MICC has moved forward...
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Stratbase Forum on ASEAN Competitiveness
Last Wednesday, I attended a Citizen Watch round table discussion on "An Economic Reform Agenda for ASEAN Competitiveness" organized by the Stratbase Research Institute (SRI), a Makati-based think...
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Pork Barrel 12: Why DAP is Wrong
These are my notes about the Disbursement Acceleration Program (DAP) last week, posted in my fb wall.---------DAP is wrong. Not for constitutional issues (I leave that to my lawyer friends) but for...
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UHC 25: Some Physician Stories in Hospital ERs, Wards
Below are notes by a physician friend, Doc Erwin Abueva, in his facebook wall, February-March this year. Real stories from physicians in emergency room (ER), wards, operating rooms. Some stories are...
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Pork Barrel 13: Executive-Legislative Honeymoon and...
This is my article today in thelobbyist.biz.---------Last Monday, before President Aquino delivered his State of the Nation Address (SONA) 2014, I noted that facebook was peppered with so many...
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Fat Free Econ 55: The President's 5th SONA and Market-Oriented Reforms
* This is my article yesterday in interaksyon.com.-----------Overall, the President's State of the Nation Address (SONA) was good. More statesman-like, less combative. He mentioned several liberal and...
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Energy Econ 24: NPC Debt, PSALM and Universal Charges
This report is confusing. It says, "Psalm said Napocor incurred stranded contract costs (SCC) amounting to P4.1 billion in 2013... Last year, Psalm proposed a P0.13 per kilowatt-hour increase in the...
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Free Trade 36: Taxation, Regulations, Trade and Rule of Law in ASEAN
This is my paper presented during the Stratbase Forum on ASEAN Competitiveness last July 23, 2014 in Makati, organized by Stratbase Research Institute (SRI). SRI also published this today and...
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Labor Econ 15: Europe's High Long-Term Unemployment
Long-term unemployment means people who are unemployed for 12 months or more. The number is big in Europe, around 12.5 million people in the European Union, of which around 9.5 million are in the...
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IPR and Medicines 29: Parallel Importation and Patent Linkage
This news r eport last August 8, 2014, was posted with discussion by Atty. Joey Ochave at the Medicines Transparency Alliance (MeTA) Philippines email loop. Joey is the Vice-Chairman of MeTA...
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EFN Asia 40: Liberalism, Growth and Reducing Inequality
The Economic Freedom Network (EFN) Asia will hold its annual conference this coming November 6-7, 2014 in Hong Kong. The theme is very timely, 'Liberalism: promoting growth, reducing inequality'.EFN...
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Business 360 18: Innovation, Inequality and Inclusive Growth
* This is my article for August 2014 in a business paper in Kathmandu, Nepal.--------Social and economic inequality is a political and emotional issue that continues to chase mankind from its most...
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Philippine Construction Boom
I shared this story from Quartz (posted August 21, 2014) in my facebook wall a few days ago with a note, "Magagalit ang mga anti-government groups dito. They will not believe this news." Today it has...
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MERS-CoV and OFWs, Part 2
As I posted On MERS CoV and OFWs last May 08, 2014, my sister in law, Gemma B. Oplas, died last May 6, 2014 of the disease. She was an ER nurse at King Fahad Medical City (KFMC) in Riyadh, the biggest...
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No Water Crisis, Part 2
Yesterday, a friend and former classmate at UPSE, now President of the National Power Corp. (NPC), Gladys Cruz Sta. Maria, posted a photo in fb, of an inter-agency Technical Working Group (TWG) meeting...
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Stratbase 2: On Power and Jobs
* Reposting this from Business Mirror.---------Group urges P-Noy to focus more on power generation andjob creation27 Aug 2014 Written by David CagahastianCIVIL-SOCIETY group Citizenwatch has proposed...
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