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IPR and innovation 37, US-China dispute on IP
Last month, there was a high profile dispute between the US and China, the former accusing the latter of having policies and practices that discriminate US companies' IP rights and innovation. Here's...
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BWorld 150, Rising state-inspired murders and budget 2018
* This is my article in BusinessWorld last August 25, 2017.The second week of August 2017 would possibly be the bloodiest in the drugs war of the Duterte administration. More than 80 people were...
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Atty. Florin Hilbay's tweets on government and Du30
Among my favorite tweetters is former Solicitor-General Florin Hilbay. UP Law graduate, faculty member.Some of his tweets, 3-5 weeks ago:(1) He said the plunderers will return some gold bars. A...
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BWorld 151, Mining taxes per hectare of land
* This is my article in BusinessWorld last August 30, 2017.A repeated argument by many sectors clamoring for suspension or closure or higher taxation of large mining projects is that the taxes, fees,...
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EFN Asia 66, Meeting 2017 in Kuala Lumpur
The Economic Freedom Network (EFN) Asia held its meeting 2017 last September 11 at the Intercon Hotel Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. The Institute for Democracy and Economic Affairs (IDEAS, KL) and the...
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BWorld 152, Cronyism in Renewable energy, gas sectors?
* This is my article in BusinessWorld last September 7, 2017.Last week, the National Transmission Corp. (TransCo), the administrator of feed in tariff (FiT) — which guarantees high prices for 20 years...
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Mining 54, Ralph Abainza on water table and Gina Lopez
I am reposting a short discussion about water table by a friend, 4th year BS Geology student in UP Diliman, Ralph Abainza. He posted this in his fb wall and I shared it in my wall. The illustration I...
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BWorld 153, Property rights, trademarks and consumer protection
* This is my article in BusinessWorld last September 18, 2017.Private property rights that people and businesses enjoy are among the cornerstones of a free and dynamic society. People have exclusive...
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Germany moving more to the right is good
Last Sunday night, September 24, I joined Friedrich Naumann Foundation for Freedom (FNF) officials and other friends in watching WAHL2017 live on tv, Germany's Bundestag/Parliamentary elections, at the...
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BWorld 154, Kuala Lumpur, Incheon, JFK airports and lessons for the Philippines
* This is my article in BusinessWorld last September 27, 2017.“Manila’s Ninoy Aquino International Airport (NAIA) is the worst airport in the world” is a cliché that we often hear and read. But how...
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Drugs War 8, Duterte government as drug fighter, or facilitator?
While some 8,000 to 14,000 suspected drug users and small-time drug pushers have been murdered over the on-going drugs war of the Duterte government, there was not a single "big fish" drug lord and...
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Mining 55, Kaleidoscope forum by UP MINERS
Last Thursday evening, September 28, the student organization UP MINERS held a forum on "Kaleidoscope: Various Perspectives on Mining" held at the UP College of Engineering Theater. Just panel...
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BWorld 155, Electric cooperatives and system loss
* This is my article in BusinessWorld last Friday.Three news reports published by BusinessWorld during the past few days indicated that the energy sector in the Philippines and its several neighbors is...
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Federalism or Disintegration of big countries: Catalonia, HK, Taiwan, other...
A good model of citizen empowerment is that the size, taxes and regulations of the national/ central/ federal government should be as small as possible and allow the states or provinces to have their...
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BWorld 156, Integrated PPP vs hybrid PPP
I have a video in BusinessWorld on public private partnerships (PPP), two minutes long posted some three weeks ago. So far 14k+ views, thanks readers/viewers.One good example why a straight, integrated...
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Energy 99, Germany's FDP questioning or ditching Energiewende
I like this man, head of German liberals Free Democratic Party (FDP), Christian Lindner. The man mainly responsible for the FDP resurgence in the German Bundestag elections last September 24."The...
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Mining 56, Presentation at Mining PH Conference 2017
Last month during the Mining Philippines Conference 2017, I was one of 6 panel discussants in one focus group discussion.First I discussed the recent rants vs. open pit mining by ex-DENR Sec. Gina...
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Tax Cut 30, Trump's 20% CIT, deregulation
When the White House proposed a drastic corporate income tax cut (from 39% to 20%), 25% for single proprietorship, they did not suggest a tax hike somewhere to "compensate for lost revenues" like the...
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BWorld 157, Build-build-build is possible without new taxes
* This is my article in BusinessWorld today.Among the biggest alibis given by Dutertenomics as to why we need new or higher taxes is the fact that the government needs more money to bankroll...
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Hong Kong and John Cowperthwaite, Part 2
I have heard about Sir John Cowperthwaite for the first time about 2004 or 2005, from my friends at the Lion Rock Institute in Hong Kong and I was impressed of him. Prior to that, I thought that it was...
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