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BWorld 95, Manufacturing and electricity costs in Asia
* This is my article in BusinessWorld last December 06, 2016.A country’s manufacturing sector is a good indicator of its degree of industrialization and prosperity. The sector provides most of the...
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Measuring poverty: currency devaluation or poor using smoke signals?
A friend posted this in my fb wall and I quickly commented that it is lousy analysis to suggest or say that "Poverty in the Philippines" today is worse than the 1930s. A devalued or depreciated peso,...
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President Duterte and hyperbole
Reposting this long analysis by a friend, Bernard Ong, last December 15, 2016. The images below I got from the web, not part of the original posting by Bernard. A hyperbole is exaggerated statement/s...
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BWorld 96, Free trade means more investments and people mobility
* This is my article in BusinessWorld last December 15, 2016.Free trade means giving people and private enterprises the freedom to produce more commodities that consumers demand at certain prices....
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Dr. Noel de Dios on Duterte's drugs war
My former teacher at UPSE undergrad in the 80s, Dr. Emmanuel "Noel" de Dios wrote a very good paper in BusinessWorld yesterday. It has gone viral, with 3.6k fb likes and shares combined as of this...
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Stratbase-ADRi's Pilipinas Conference 2016
Last December 08, 2016, Stratbase-Albert del Rosario Institute (ADRi) held a big "Pilipinas Conference 2016" at The Conservatory, Manila Peninsula Hotel in Makati. I was invited, I came, good event....
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BWorld 97, Direction of trade of Asian economies
* This is my article in BusinessWorld last December 08, 2016.Global free trade should result in commodity price equalization across countries over the long term. Any price differences can largely be...
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Energy 86, Germany's RE on a wild ride
I am reposting two articles from NTZ below.(1) ‘Manager Magazin’ Reports How Renewable Electricity Is TakingGermany On A Wild Ride, 28 December 2016It’s the paradox of the German Energiewende...
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BWorld 98, Asian stock markets and the Duterte administration
* This is my article in BWEconomicForum last December 14, 2016.The stock market is one of several indicators that show how an economy or a country is doing because it represents the inflow and outflow...
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Asian stockmarkets and governments
One more day and it's Goodbye 2016, thanks for the blessings, lessons from whatever misery.Meanwhile, when I posted my paper on the stockmarket in my fb wall, some anarchists and Duterte supporters...
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BWorld 99, China insecurity and belligerence
* This is my article in BWEconomicForum last December 14, 2016.ON OCCASION, a fraternity gets big enough such that its members begin to establish cliques of their own, causing disunity in the...
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Privatization 13, Firesale of GOCCs, notes in 2005
Cleaning my old emails, I found these notes interesting, about privatization plans of government-owned and controlled corporations (GOCCs) in the Philippines.-------------(1) Let's have a fire sale!By...
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AEC 18, Some presentations during the BWorld ASEAN regional forum
The ASEAN Economic Community (AEC) is one year old today, I am reposting some slides of some presentations during the BusinessWorld ASEAN Regional Forum last November 24, 2016,...
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Blog stats, late 2016
After breaching the 1 million pageviews mark in early October 2016, my blog has been getting about 500 views a day in October-November (vs. around 340 a day in previous months), mainly from US readers....
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Thank you 2016, Happy new year 2017
Thank you and goodbye, 2016. Lots of problems of course, but lots of improvement too in human development and welfare. The list below I got from the fb wall of Johan Norberg.#1 is the most important...
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BWorld 100, Multinationals in the PH, what do they want?
* This is my article in BWorldEconomicForum, December 14, 2016.CAPITAL AND INVESTMENTS are like water — they go where they are welcome and accommodated. Small water tributaries merge with others to...
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Energy 87, Europe's rising electricity prices as more wind and solar are added
More wind and solar plants, more expensive electricity. This is shown in Europe (this graph), shown in the PH. Feed in tariff (FIT) rates will rise from 4 centavos/kWh in 2015, 12.40 centavos in 2016,...
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Disruptions in Asia and the world
Below are some slides given by Suraj Moraje, Managing Partner of McKinsey and Co. Manila, "No Ordinary Disruption", during the BWorld ASEAN Regional Forum last November 24, 2016 at Conrad Hotel,...
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BWorld 101, Christmas lights, energy mix and electricity production in Asia
* This is my article in BusinessWorld last December 21, 2016.The holiday season, among others, is marked by the presence of so many lighted streets, buildings, malls, and houses. These sparkling and...
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UP TWSC turns 40 years
The UP TWSC is now 40 years old, wow. I was part of TWSC before, among my niche places in my Marxist-socialist formation in UP Diliman in the early 80s or 3+ decades ago. I will attend their 2-days...
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