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Free Trade 42: ASEAN Trade and Unilateral Liberalization Chall
Yesterday, I was a guest lecturer to an undergraduate class of graduating management engineering students of Ateneo. The class is handled by my long time friend and classmate from UP PDE, Joey...
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Energy 33: Renewables Cronyism, Germany and UK Cases
Last Thursday afternoon, I gave two lectures in one class in Ateneo handled by my friend, Joey Sescon. The first is about renewables cronyism, the second about cheap oil. There were many questions and...
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Cheap Oil and Rising Abundance
My second lecture before graduating management engineering students of Ateneo in their Development Economics class was about cheap oil. Thanks again to their professor and my friend, Joey Sescon, for...
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Agri Econ 15: Why do Thailand and Vietnam Produce More Rice than the PH?
The new Administrator of the National Food Authority (NFA) and a friend, fellow UP alumni, Renan Dalisay, shared in his fb wall photos of his recent visit to IRRI including meeting IRRI Dep. Dir....
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Pol. Ideology 61: Raison d 'Etre of Government
Last Wednesday night, I was a guest lecturer at a friend's graduate class in Ateneo on public finance. I presented 3 unrelated topics but all related to public finance. The first is about the reason...
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Climate Tricks 37: Climate Money and the Scientific Dishonesty Behind It
This is the 2nd paper that I presented in a graduate class in Ateneo handled by my friend, Alvin Ang. The 1st paper was about some classical theories why government was invented.People are not talking...
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UHC 26: Public and Private Spending on Health
The 3rd paper which I briefly discussed in Ateneo last Wednesday night was about healthcare spending. Some data here I belatedly added as I ran out of time preparing three different topics in one...
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ASEAN Voices 2: PH Multinationals in the Region
* This is my second article for the new Jakarta-based magazine, January 2015 issue. My first article published in the maiden issue December 2014 was entitled, Is the PH power supply ready for the...
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MILF, Fallen 44 and Rule of Law
The Philippine National Police-Special Action Force (PNP-SAF) assault in Maguindanao province in Mindanao last January 25 without coordination with the Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF) was wrong....
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MILF, BIFF, PNP and the Fallen 44
This is a continuation of my article yesterday, MILF, Fallen 44 and Rule of Law. I am posting some comments of my friends in my fb wall on the subject, and my discussion and rejoinders to...
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MILF, BIFF, and the Fallen 44, Part 3
This is a continuation of my exchanges with friends in my fb wall on the subject. My comments here are slightly revised from those origially posted in fb.-----------8. Does the peace agreement say...
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IPR and Innovation 20: The GIPC Intellectual Property Index, 2015 Report
The GIPC International IP Index, 3rd Edition, 2015 Report was released yesterday by the Global Intellectual Property Center (GIPC) of the US Chamber of Commerce, Washington DC. Thirty (30) countries...
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Weekend Fun 58: Mugabe Falls
Last Wednesday, Zimbabwe's Prime Minister - President - dictator from 1980 to present (35 years) Robert Mugabe falls or trips on a red carpet at Harare Airport. It was reported in BuzzFeed News the...
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Fiscal Irresponsibility 28: Greece's Public Debt and Populism
The most indebted, most fiscally irresponsible government in Europe, Greece has been hugging international news recently because of its huge public debt, and the huge bail out money given by many...
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Nepal 3: Banda/Strike and Forced Closure of Shops, Schools, Transportation
When I was in Nepal, 2nd week of January this year, I experienced and saw the Banda or strike twice. First in Pokhara, when we arrived at the airport last January 11, there were very few vehicles...
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EFN Asia 46: A Young Korean's Reflections of Conference 2014 in Hong Kong
Here's a good reflection paper by a young participant from Seoul during the Economic Freedom Network (EFN) Asia Conference 2014 in Hong Kong. This is posted yesterday, 09 February 2015, at the EFN Asia...
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Welfarism 31: More CCT and Subsidy Programs Won't Solve Self-inflicted Povertye
More welfare and subsidy programs for the poor, are they really needed?Let us count the existing ones, at least the major subsidy programs:1. Books and education for the poor, via DepEd, CHED, TESDA,...
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Anti-Smoke Belching Racket, Part 7
The Anti-Smoke Belching Unit (ASBU) of various city governments in Metro Manila remains among the dreaded agencies of those local governments. Lots of extortion are happening there because no one seems...
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IPR and Innovation 21: Recent News + IPN Assistance to Asian Think Tanks
Here are some recent opinions and reports about the value and necessity of protecting and respecting intellectual property rights (IPR), related to the GIPC's 3rd International IP Index 2015 that was...
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MILF, PNP SAF and the Fallen 44, Part 4
A short essay here lifted from my discussion with some friends in fb.1. Humility vs. arrogance, Active vs suspended bureaucratsIf I were resigned Police Gen. Alan Purisima, I will publicly admit that...
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