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Business 360 7: Jeju Forum for Peace
* This is my article for Business 360, a flashy business magazine in Kathmandu, Nepal, for their May 2013 issue. It is posted in EFN Asia today.----------Asian Peace and Security, the Jeju Forum...
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Election Watch 6: On Political Dynasty
* This is my guest post in antipinoy.com today.---------Getting voters’ support is mainly about political branding. Political parties as engines of politicians to capture political power, national and...
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My main criteria for supporting or voting candidates is who among them will be the least populist and welfarist, least interventionist and tax hungry, compared to other candidates. Almost all...
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Mining 19: Rule of Men, Not Weak State
In most free market literatures, a very important concept is the "rule of law" to mean that the law, rules and regulations apply to all players and citizens. The opposite is the "rule of men", meaning...
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Drug Innovation 12: H7N9, SARS, Bird Flu and Vaccines
Today, I read three stories of the SARS-like virus that has affected Saudi Arabia, and bird flu virus in China.Some 15 people have already died in Saudi Arabia alone, from SARS-like coronavirus. There...
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On IPR Abolition 18: Patent, Copyright and Jeffrey Tucker
Reposting below the exchange I had this morning in facebook. With permission from Mike Perez, Stephen Cutler and Dong Abay. A bit long, more than 2,300 words, 5 pages, enjoy.----------"If patents for...
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Weekend Fun 40: Bank Robbery and Management
I got this from facebook. Witty story, enjoy.------------There was this robbery in Guangzhou , the robber shouted to everyone: "All don't move, money belongs to the state, life belongs to you".Everyone...
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Mining 20: Miscellaneous Comments on Mining
Below are several comments I got in my various exchanges in facebook on the subject, made last week.-------------Froi Vincenton: IMHO, irresponsible mining exists in the Philippines because of several...
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Election 8: Growth, Debt and the 2013 Polls
* This is my article last Saturday in thelobbyist.biz.--------The Senatorial and local elections last Monday, May 13, 2013, was fought by candidates and political parties on various issues and battle...
View ArticleLifestyle Diseases 21: NCDs Alarmism vs. Rising Lifespan
From the WHO website, this update on NCDs is shown:Noncommunicable diseasesFact sheetUpdated March 2013Key facts Noncommunicable diseases (NCDs) kill more than 36 million people each year. Nearly 80%...
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EFN Asia 19: Chatib Basri as New Finance Minister of Indonesia
A friend whom I met during the Economic Freedom Network (EFN) Asia conference in Hong Kong in 2004, Chatib "Dede" Basri, has been appointed yesterday as the Finance Minister by Indonesian President...
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Mining 21: Chile Policies
Chile also belongs to the "Pacific Rim of Fire" where some 80 percent of all volcanic activities and earthquakes in the planet occur. The Chilean Ambassador, Roberto Mayorga, gave a good presentation...
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Socialized Healthcare 15: Over-extending Government Role in Health
There is a new article from the New England Journal of Medicine (www.nejm.org) by Thomas Frieden, MD, MPH, Director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, USA.It is a good article,...
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Pol Ideology 40: On Social Darwinism
Late last month, I have a debate with a friend and fellow UPSE alumni, Mike Alunan, about markets and regulation. Among his arguments, below.“Survival of the fittest” thinking is inhuman? Human...
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Weekend Fun 41: Nancy Binay, Grace Poe, Other Politicians
Newly elected Sen. Nancy Binay ranked 5th out of 12 Senators recently proclaimed by the Comelec. Being a never-heard political personality nationwide until November 2012, she suddenly shot up in the...
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Tax Cut 16: Conserving Fishery Resources by Taxing Demersal Fish Catch?
In late April this year, I have a short discourse with two fellow UPSE alumni in our discussion ygroups regarding fishery conservation. A friend who works at the Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic...
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Transport Econ 9: MMDA Bureaucratism
The Metropolitan Manila Development Authority (MMDA) is among the huge bureaucracies in the country. It is supposed to solve problems related to heavy traffic congestion, street flooding, dirty...
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Free Trade 29: The Asian Century
One measurement of economic growth or expansion of material wealth other than growth rate in gross domestic product (GDP) is the absolute increase in GDP size between two reference points or years.The...
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Chung ho Kim, Freedom Factory Ltd.
Seoul, S. Korea -- While waiting for an available room in my hotel at Somerset Palace Seoul, I visited a good friend that I have met for the first time in 2005, Dr. Chung ho Kim. Chung ho used to be...
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EFN Asia 20: Liberals Meet Liberals in Seoul
Here now in Jeju, S. Korea. Below is my article written when we were still in Seoul this morning, posted today in the EFN Asia website.-----------Seoul -- Liberalism is a political ideology that...
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