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Inequality 30, Filipinos in Forbes' world billionaires
Forbes released the world's top billionaires, and 11 of them are Filipinos. Reported in BusinessWorld yesterday:1. Henry Sy -- the lone Filipino to crash Forbes’ top 100 richest -- placed 71st in the...
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BWorld 47, Renewable energy and the illusion of merit order effect
* This is my article in BusinessWorld last March 03, 2016.When government intervenes in the pricing of a particular product or service supposedly to protect the consumers from “unwarranted” price...
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Energy 59, Cheap oil and the OFWs
Last week, I was invited by Kapatiran DLSU, a student organization, plus some development studies classes, to speak on this subject.My presentation was divided into two parts, with an open forum after...
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Wind power, flattened mountain ridges, collapsed towers
Nabas wind farm, Aklan, near Boracay. About 2 kms. long of mountain ridges "planted" with huge wind turbines.Road construction stage before the wind turbines were erected. All trees removed, jagged...
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Business Bureaucracy 11, SEANET workshop on business-friendly regulations
I am reposting this short summary of the SEANET meeting in Kuala Lumpur, a day after the 4th Asia Liberty Forum (ALF) ended.------------SEANET Workshop: Business-friendly regulations21 February...
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IPR and Innovation 32, More on the panel on property rights, ALF 2016
Reposting this report by Yogi Nair, a summary of the panel discussion on property rights.-----------Event report –Protecting Yourself Against Daylight Robbery – Current Challenges to...
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Agri Econ 23, Why forever Agrarian Reform should stop
I am reposting portions of a presentation by Dr. Raul Fabella made at UPSE in May 2014. I agree with his arguments -- the endless, forever extended deadline of agrarian reform (AR) or forced land...
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Rule of law 26, RIP Sen. Jovito Salonga
Yesterday, a great statesman, former Senator Jovito Salonga died. I am reposting two comments from two friends, Ted Te, Supreme Court Spokesman, and Adora Navarro, an economist. Posting with their...
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Energy 60, PH solar companies, PagIBIG loan for solar
There are many solar companies in the Philippines now. Pasting some of these as reported in interaksyon.com, reports from late 2014 to early 2016 only. Many of these companies were set up or started...
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Weekend fun 61, Math jokes
A lazy Sunday, back to some math humor :-)For non-Filipino readers, the last equation, right hand side means sob.An engineer-economist friend commented that "pilit ang humor" because of the x =...
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BWorld 48, On unilateral trade liberalization
* This is my article in BusinessWorld last March11, 2016.Free trade and voluntary exchange of goods and services by people across villages, cities, islands, countries and continents is the hallmark of...
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Business 360-34, Hydropower in Asia
* This is my article in Business 360, a magazine published monthly in Kathmandu, Nepal, February 2016 issue.--------------Hydropower in AsiaAsia being mostly tropical, the potentials of hydro power is...
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ALF 7, Panel on TPP, RCEP and other RTAs
I am reposting this article from the EFN Asia website, written by a friend, Sethaput. One of those pro-free trade but anti-TPP papers.As a free marketer like Sethaput, for me, the best action is...
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BWorld 49, John Locke and Jovito Salonga
* This is my article in BusinessWorld last March 15, 2016.When classical liberalism -- more individual freedom and personal responsibility, free trade, minimal government, and rule of law -- was...
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ALF 8, Toast to Douglas North
During the Asia Liberty Forum (ALF) last February 18-20, 2016 in Kuala Lumpur, one session at the Freedom Dinner was a toast to the "Lost Heroes of Liberty". These are known free market and freedom...
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Earth Hour 7, Lesson in basic electrical engineering
Another Earth Hour drama the other day. The WWF guys, their buddies, should do it nightly, 365 nights a year, and several hours a night if possible. Better yet, they should have an office in North...
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BWorld 50, Adam Smith and Jovito Salonga
* This is my article in BusinessWorld last March 16, 2016.Adam Smith (1723-1790) was a Scottish philosopher known for his treatise on “invisible hand” welfare effect of the market system. He was the...
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Brussels bombing and new wars
The bombings in Brussels yesterday was horrible. More than 30 people died and several hundreds injured. And just a few months ago, several dozens also died when many areas in Paris were bombed. One...
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Road safety and pesky traffic enforcers
There was an article from Citylab 1 1/2 years ago shared by a friend, about road safety in Sweden. This part is particularly striking to me:"And we don’t catch any people at all. We reduce the speed,...
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BWorld 51, WESM as market-oriented, PEMC as bureaucracy-oriented
* This is my article in BusinessWorld last March 23, 2016.Power generation in the Philippines generally kept up with its ASEAN neighbors in the 1980s up to the early 1990s. By 2000, power capacity in...
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