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BWorld 176, Road trips and PPP projects
* This is my column in BusinessWorld last December 28, 2017.For the third straight year, I drove my family from Makati City to Iloilo City via roll-on roll-off (RoRo) vessels during the holidays.The...
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Climate tricks 64, Bitter cold and snow are caused by AGW
Al Gore the planet saviour. Less rain or lots of rain, less snow or more snow, less cold or bitter cold, the planet is in danger from anthropogenic (man-made) global warming (AGW) so we should send him...
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BWorld 177, On MMDA car towing and impounding
* This is my column in BusinessWorld last December 29, 2017.“Little else is requisite to carry a state to the highest degree of opulence from the lowest barbarism but peace, easy taxes and a tolerable...
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Energy 105, When both world oil prices and domestic oil taxes are rising
Dutertenomics' tax-tax-tax implementation is off to bad timing. Raising oil taxes on already high global oil prices is insensitive. But then again, even if the tax hike is P20 or P50/liter, the "money...
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BWorld 178, Top 8 energy news of 2017
* This is my article in BusinessWorld last January 2.This should have been a “Top 10” list but due to space constraints, I limited it to only eight, divided into four news stories each for global and...
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Pol Ideology 72, You love capitalism
I am reposting this good article in Manila Standard by a friend, Eric.---------You love capitalismposted January 05, 2018 at 12:01 amBy Eric JuradoYou love capitalism. Really, you do.And you can’t...
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BWorld 179, Federalism dream vs centralized government
* This is my article in BusinessWorld last January 5.Repeated calls for federalism by the Duterte administration actually point to more centralization of the national government — the complete opposite...
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IPR and innovation 40, WHO health alarmism and IPR tinkering
Seven years ago, I briefly surveyed the various offices under the UN and I was surprised to see about 100+ different agencies. See UN bureaucracies -- too many! (December 20, 2010).Among the huge and...
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Interaksyon shutting down
Interaksyon's "Fat-Free Economics" column was my other home for two years, early 2012 to mid-2014. I wrote several dozen articles there with the support of my editor and friend, Arnold Tenorio. Am sad...
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BWorld 180, Has East Asia liberalized its trade enough?
* This is my column in BusinessWorld last January 11.Under a system of perfectly free commerce, each country naturally devotes its capital and labour to such employments as are most beneficial to each....
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Pictures from UP Diliman, 1985-1987
Mula sa baul ni Fidel Nemenzo at ibang mga friends sa UP, these photos strike nostalgia and happy memories. Below, in one of the group photos of the Independent Student Alliance (ISA) student party...
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WHO must go back to basics
I am reposting this good article by a friend, Philip Stevens, published in BusinessWorld last Thursday, January 18.-------To maintain relevance, WHO must go back to basicsAS one of 34 executive board...
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BWorld 181, Effects of Supreme Court TRO on RCOA
* This is my column in BusinessWorld last January 18.“The real bosses, in the capitalist system of market economy, are the consumers… The entrepreneur profits to the extent he has succeeded in serving...
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China Watch 25, Benham Rise/ Philippine Rise and Chinese exploration
These were some of the news last January 22-24, 2018.So President Duterte would keep his kow-tow humiliation to China?Last January 24, these are just two of the many news reports on the subject.This...
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BWorld 182, Asia Liberty Forum 2018 in Jakarta
* This is my column in BusinessWorld last January 22, 2018.“There is no evidence that fuel and electricity subsidies benefited the poor. There is no evidence that trade protection benefited the poor....
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Inequality 34, Eric Jurado on the richest 1%
Another good article from a friend, Eric. Reposting this.The idol ofequalityFebruary 01, 2018 at 12:01 amBy Eric JuradoAren’t we all supposed to be equal? And yet the gap between rich and poor just...
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Energy 106, US oil output now 10+ mbpd
From only 5 million barrels per day (mbpd) oil production in 2010, up to 10.2 mbpd average for January 2018, congratulations America. And EIA's projection is 10.6 mbpd average for 2018. OPEC (mostly...
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BWorld 183, Why low or zero income tax can mean more development
* This is my article in BusinessWorld last January 29, 2018.“The people are hungry: It is because those in authority eat up too much in taxes.When the government is too intrusive, people lose their...
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Tax Cut 31, Talk at Deloitte TRAIN forum, January 2018
Last month, I gave a talk about the new tax-tax-tax law of the Philippines called TRAIN, signed in December 2017. Audience were accountants, auditors, managers of medium to large corporations plus...
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BWorld 184, ERC paralysis and implications for consumers
* This is my article in BusinessWorld last February 01, 2018.Despite a significant increase in the Philippines’ power generation capacity in recent years, the country’s installed capacity and...
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