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Binay Dynasty, 29+ Years in Makati
For the first time in 29 years and 4 months (March 1986 to July 2015), Makati City has experienced a non-Binay as City Mayor. The premier city known as the country's financial center has Jejomar "Jojo"...
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BWorld 9, Poitical populism vs. tax realism
* This is my article in BWorld last Friday.Political populism vs. tax realismTHE 2016 general elections are just 10 months away. It is natural that people are discussing who should lead this country of...
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Fiscal Irresponsibility 30, Grexit is another socialist failure
Hey Joe, what's happening? An economy that has been on budget deficit for decades should not aspire to have a fiscal surplus? Always living beyond one's means, never living below one's means? Populist...
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Move School Opening to September
It has been raining since Saturday last week. Downpour in the morning, then the Sun showed up in the afternoon. The rains were back at night, until whole day of Sunday. Last Monday, it was cloudy but...
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IPR and Innovation 22, The USTR 301 Report 2015 and the Philippines
Last May 1, the US Trade Representative released the 2015 Special 301 Report. an annual review of the state of intellectual property rights (IPR) protection and enforcement of U.S. trading partners...
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BWorld 10, Greece crisis, pension and rule of law
* This is my article yesterday in BusinessWorld Weekender.Greece’s debt crisis and lessons for thePhilippinesAFTER piling more than 300 billion euros of public debt, Greece could not pay some of the...
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Asian free market websites, Part 4
How popular are the free market think tanks and institutes in Asia, at least online?I checked alexa.com four years ago to answer that question. Today, out of curiosity, I checked again alexa.com and...
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Business 360--26, Nepal earthquake and lessons from it
* This is my article for the business magazine in Kathmandu, June 2015 issue.Earthquakes and economic growthThe people of Nepal are still recovering from the huge destruction of the 7.8 earthquake (EQ)...
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AEC 15, ADR Institute discussion on trade and investments
Yesterday afternoon, I attended a round table discussion on “The Role of Exports and Foreign Direct Investments in Industrial Development” sponsored by the Albert del Rosario (ADR) Institute (formerly...
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IPR and Medicines 35, New paper from Geneva Network
Minimal Government Thinkers, Inc. is a partner of two international free market network dealing with property rights protection including intellectual property rights (IPR) -- the Property Rights...
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BWorld 11, China's stockmarket and central planning
* This is my article in BusinessWorld Weekender yesterday.HIGH DEBT, private and public, will always create financial turmoil, today or tomorrow. The ongoing fiscal drama in heavily indebted Greece...
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Business 360-27, Public health in Asia
* This is my article for July 2015 issue of the business magazine in Kathmandu, produced monthly by Media 9.The state of public health in AsiaWe often hear complaints and litanies about how our lives...
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Transport Econ 15, On having 2 cars or more
Heavy traffic in many areas of Metro Manila is a daily reality. Here for instance, Roxas Blvd. in Pasay near the Baclaran Church. I took this one Saturday morning last month, I was on a pedestrian...
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IPR and Innovation 23, Letter to WIPO by 85 think tank leaders from 51 countries
Last night, today in the US, a coalition of 85 independent think tanks and institutes from 51 countries, led by the Property Rights Alliance (PRA) sent a letter to World Intellectual Property...
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Free Trade 49, the Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership (RCEP)
A lot of the discussions in the Philippines and other Asian countries focused on the ASEAN Economic Community (AEC), the Trans Pacific Partnership (TPP) and the Asia Pacific Economic Cooperation...
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Energy Econ 39, the UPSE-Ayala forum on the PH power sector
Yesterday, I attended this forum held at the Ayala Museum, Makati. Main speaker was Atty. Raphael Perpetuo "Popo" M. Lotilla, former DOE Secretary and Chairman, Center for the Advancement of Trade...
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BWorld 12, Investments, APEC and economic liberalization
* This is my article yesterday in BWorld Weekender.MANILA WILL HOST the annual Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) Summit this coming November 18-19, 2015, or less than four months from now....
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Investment liberalization, trends and lessons
Capital, like labor and technology, simply wants to be mobile across islands, provinces, countries and continents. They are like migratory birds and large fishes/mammals, they go to areas that are...
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Inequality 26, Pew survey result on support for free market
There is an interesting report in vox.com, covering the recent result of Pew Research survey on Support of the free market system. People in socialist Vietnam and China have high support for free...
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BWorld 13, SONA's liberalism, five years after
* This is my article yesterday in BusinessWorld's Special 27th Anniversary Report, coinciding with President Aquino's 6th and last State of the Nation Address (SONA).----------PRESIDENT Benigno S. C....
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