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PPP vs ODA tax-tax-tax
Related to my BWorld article yesterday, Build-build-build is possible without new taxes, are the following articles and reports, all from BWorld.1. Last week, an article by a friend Romy Bernardo. I...
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BWorld 158, Why a carbon tax is wrong
* This is my article in BusinessWorld last week.Coal power produced nearly 48% of Philippines’ actual electricity generation in 2016 despite having only 34.6% share in the country’s installed power...
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Inequality 33, Decline in global poverty
Cool, useful chart below. Global poverty has declined, significantly. To read it, choose a level of annual income on the vertical or y-axis and then use the blue and red lines to find on the horizontal...
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Mining 57, More photos during Mining PH 2017 conference
Posting some of the quotes-with-photos made by the Secretariat during the Mining 2017 Conference last September 5-7, 2017.Some of my photos at the farewell dinner.With the Stratbase-ADRi group.And in a...
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Energy 100, Bjorn Lomborg on World energy mix
I am reposting here a post by Bjørn Lomborg in his fb wall early today. Thanks for this great piece, Bjorn.-----------------The world is mostly run on fossil fuels (81.4%). Nuclear makes up 5% with...
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BWorld 159, Electoral reforms and the President
* This is my article in BusinessWorld last Monday.President Rodrigo Duterte has been on a rampage recently, repeating his warnings about declaring a “revolutionary government,” as if he has the...
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Energy 101, Disinformation and fake stories by the watermelon movement
Fake stories and disinformation can be rampant in the energy sector because of the climate alarmism drama and renewables cronyism agenda. A recent example is one published in BWorld last Thursday, The...
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Lion Rock 22, Hong Kong's early policies on free trade, zero income tax
I like this article by a friend since 2004, Andrew Pak Man Shuen, Director and Co-Founder of the Lion Rock Institute in Hong Kong. I thought it was Sir John Cowperthwaite who was the first engineer of...
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IPR and Innovation 38, Recent IP developments in some ASEAN countries
Property rights protection of both physical and non-physical/intellectual -- trademark/logo, copyright, patent, etc. -- is among the cornerstones of dynamic, mature and market-friendly economies....
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BWorld 160, A high carbon tax is irrational
* This is my article in BusinessWorld last October 19, 2017.Political science masquerading as climate science insist that the gas that we humans and our animals exhale, the gas that is used by trees,...
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US economic growth of 3%, due to deregulation?
If we exclude the years 2008-09 because they were outliers (global financial upheaval), the Obama years seem to be the weakest since 1990. Never experienced growth of 3% or...
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Energy 102, Germany's CDU/CSU and FDP rejecting the Greens' anti-coal agenda
I like the development in the new German government. #1 CDU getting closer with #4 FDP (Free Democratic Party) in climate and energy policies while potential partner #5 Greens go more idiotic and...
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BWorld 161, The sin of smuggling and corruption in the Sin tax law
* This is my article in BusinessWorld last October 23, 2017.The intent or purpose of higher taxation is to further penalize an act, work, or consumption, hoping to discourage them by making their...
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IPR and Innovation 39, Recent IP developments in CN, TW, KR, ID
Reposting these news stories collated by PRA, enjoy.-----------China launches campaign to protect IPRs of foreign companiesChina.org.cn, September 19, 2017The Chinese government has begun a campaign to...
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BWorld 162, Open pit mines and open economy
* This is my article in BusinessWorld on October 27, 2017.Open pit mining (OPM) is not as scary and draconian as many activists would paint it to be. Thus the ban on OPM by the CA-rejected ex-DENR...
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On the PH's GDP growth of 6.9% in Q3 2017
A friend, Ateneo de Manila's Economics Professor, Ser Pena-Reyes, posted this chart from Rappler in his fb wall yesterday. I like it.My immediate reaction -- see in the Expenditures side, Q3 2016 vs Q3...
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BWorld 163, US energy policies and implications in Asia and Philippines
* This is my article in BusinessWorld last October 31, 2017.Energy means development. It is not possible to have fast growth in all sectors — agriculture, manufacturing and services — and sustain it...
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Trolling by cell phone
Last Saturday, November 18, my cell phone has been getting anonymous calls. I thought they were from some friends but when I answered the call, the caller/s would not speak. I replied by text to some...
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BWorld 164, PES conference amidst reduced risk and uncertainty
* This is my article in BusinessWorld last November 6, 2017.The Philippine Economic Society (PES) annual conference is probably the most cerebral event in the field of economics and business in the...
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Energy 103, The proposed Jamaica coalition in Germany -- before the collapse
Until middle of this month, there was still hope of a possible “Jamaica coalition” in Germany – Black flag by CDU-CSU, Yellow by FDP and Green by the Greens. I posted these thoughts and news liniks...
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