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Energy Econ 29: UK's Renewable Problems and Expensive Electricity
Some not-so-good news for the subsidize-renewables and climate alarmism movement.(1) From Sunday Express, October 15, 2014:The green crusade of successive governments is set to double electricity...
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New Think Tank, Alberto del Rosario Institute for Strategic and International...
Last Friday, I was one of the invitees of Stratbase Consultancy Group in relaunching the Stratbase Research Institute (SRI) into the Alberto del Rosario Institute for Strategic and International...
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Free Trade 40: Razeen Sally Joins IDEAS, to Campaign for More Liberalization
Good news for the ASEAN here. Today, IDEAS announced this:Kuala Lumpur, 24 November 2014 – The Institute for Democracy and Economic Affairs (IDEAS) announces today the appointment of Dr. Razeen Sally...
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Lion Rock 16: Photos and Discussions in Reading Club Salon 2014
Here are some photos of the Lion Rock Institute (LRI) 3rd Reading Club Salon (RCS) 2014 held three weeks ago in Hong Kong. Below, our group photo after the morning session, moderated by LRI Chairman...
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ADR Institute, Part 2
The newly-launched think tank, Albert Del Rosario Institute for Strategic and International Studies (ADR Institute), held last Friday, November 21, 2014. The Board members, from left:1. Benjamin Philip...
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Energy Econ 30: Germany's Renewable Problems and Expensive Electricity
Here are more inconvenient stories for the lovers of Expensive-electricity-ok-so long-as-they're-from-renewables movement, focus on Germany's experience. (1) From Wall Street Journal, Oct. 16,...
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IPR and Medicines 31: The Policy Workshop's Hong Kong Dialogue
It was another stimulating discussion on "Policy Dialogue on IPR and Innovation", a small group forum for independent and market-oriented Asian think tanks held in Harbour Grand Hong Kong last November...
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Pol. Ideology 58: Democracy, Coercion and Civil Society
Democracy has many definitions and people can reveal their philosophical and ideological leaning based on how they define the word. The most common or even generic definition of democracy perhaps is...
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Mining 43: Mandy Armas, Christian Monsod at the PES Conference
The Philippine Economic Society (PES) held its 52nd annual conference last November 14, 2014 at the Intercon Hotel in Makati City. I attended it, I am a lifetime member of the PES.Nice conference as...
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Inequality 21: Marx, Keynes and Pikkety are ideological soulmates
During the Philippine Economic Society (PES) 52nd annual conference last November 14, 2014 held at Intercon Hotel, Makati City, the most stimulating presentation I saw was that by Dr. Raul Fabella, my...
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Welfarism 30: Big Government and Corruption of People's Values
Last Thursday, I went to De La Salle University (DLSU) main campus in Manila to speak at a class on Development Studies, handled by my wife.I put here the IPN logo because looking back, IPN has...
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Free Trade 41: David Ricardo, CPE, FPE and Consumer Surplus
Minimal Government Thinkers, Inc. has a joint project with SEANET, the regional free market think tank based in Kuala Lumpur, to promote free trade and market reforms in the ASEAN countries. This is...
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Energy Econ 31: Coal, Renewables and Possible Blackouts in Germany
In my continuing debate with some members of the "Amend the Electric Power Industry Reform Act (EPIRA)" fb group, I posted these 14 news stories there. Still very civil debate, something that I...
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Freedom Flame Awards 2014
Last week, December 04, 2014, I attended the Freedom Flame Awards 2014 and Freedom Dinner sponsored by the Friedrich Naumann Foundation for Freedom (FNF) Philippine Office. It was held at Enderun...
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Climate Tricks 35:Follow the Money, Trillions of $$$
One reason why the ecological movement is persistent on "man-made warming/CC" is because they are targeting amount of money, hundreds of billions of dollars per year, not per decade or one time...
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MeTA 18: More Financial Independence, More Stakeholders Participation
The Medicines Transparency Alliance (MeTA) Philippines will be conducting meetings and fora next year related to health transparency and its own financial sustainability. It is a UK Department for...
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Hong Kong Protests, Part 5
This afternoon, the Admiralty in Hong Kong has been cleared of protesters and their tents, other obstructions. I support the cause of the protesters -- greater political independence from China...
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Pol. Ideology 59: On PostModern Politics
Last October, a faculty member of DLSU Political Science Department, Antonio "Tonton" Contreras, wrote an article on "Savings, errata and postmodern politics" and made a lousy conclusion that “the kind...
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Rule of Law 25: Corruption in Europe
The Economist magazine's December 6th 2014 issue featured this chart with this note,Much about the practice of bribery remains murky. The OECD’s first report on the subject, published on December 2nd,...
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Christmas 2014
Dear friends and readers of this blog,Merry Christmas. The holiday season is a good time to relax, step back from our normal busy schedules and have reunion with our families and clans, friends and...
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