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ALF 10, Conference 2018 in Jakarta, Indonesia
The Asia Liberty Forum (ALF) 2018 conference ended successfully last week. Venue is the beautiful Mandarin Oriental Jakarta, the hotel is facing the Jakarta Central circle, Thamrin. Plenty of...
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BWorld 185, Lower taxes via more mineral exports
* This is my article in BusinessWorld last February 6, 2018.Countries that impose zero income taxes on their nationals are dependent on extracting and exporting their natural resources such as oil and...
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ALF 11, More photos at Conference 2018
The second Keynote Address on day 1 was made by Dr. Chatib Basri, Former Minister of Finance ofIndonesia. He talked about "Policy Reforms in an Imperfect World: The Case of Indonesia". He was...
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BWorld 186, Land use bill and Asian urbanization
* This is my column in BusinessWorld last February 8, 2018.Urbanization, like technological innovation and mass production of mobile phones and other gadgets, is among the important reasons why...
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IPR and Innovation 41, Governments and the UN on patent prizes
I am reposting below a good article by a friend. Enjoy.--------------How governments can screw up the development of new drugsby Philip StevensTHE PATENT-BASED system of drug development will come...
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BWorld 187, Asians’ freedom from high inflation and regulations
* This is my article in BusinessWorld on February 12, 2018.“Bad times make good policy and good times make bad policy. If you want to introduce important reforms, wait for bad times and the politicians...
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PH and US shipping liberalization, the GIH paper
I am reposting a good article by a friend from the Grassroot Institute Hawaii (GIH), Joe Kent. GIH is a free market think tank formerly headed (and founded?) by Richard "Dick" Rowland. I met Dick and...
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BWorld 188, Estimating electricity price hikes resulting from TRAIN
* This is my article in BusinessWorld on February 14, 2018.Electricity and energy means development. So an increased electricity supply at a lower, more stable, and more competitive price results in...
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TRAIN is inflationary so PSA rebased the CPI from 2006=100 to 2012=100
The TRAIN law is inflationary so when Philippines inflation rate has shown significant increase (3.3% in December 2017, 4.0% in January 2018, 4.5% in February 2018), the Philippine Statistics Authority...
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BWorld 189, Distortions in TRAIN 1 should be corrected by TRAIN 2
* This is my column in BusinessWorld last February 18, 2018.The new Philippine tax law, the Tax Reform for Acceleration and Inclusion (TRAIN), has reduced personal income tax but it also created new...
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Pol Ideology 73, On BIG powerful government
I am reposting another good article by a friend, Eric Jurado. Enjoy.Do you believe in a powerful government?One of the most important differences between the Left and the Right is how each regards the...
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BWorld 190, TRAIN, inflation and the stock market
* This is my column in BusinessWorld on February 21, 2018.At first there were bureaucracies, endless subsidies, and new taxes; second were price hikes due to the new taxes; third, monetary control...
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Ytd, PH stockmarket 2nd poorest performer in AsPac
Year to date (ytd) or from January 01 to March 15, 2018, the PH stockmarket is the 2nd poorest performer after JP in the Asia-Pacific. JP's Abe has corruption scandal while PH's Duterte has drugs and...
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BWorld 191, Solar insecurity, energy stability and affordability
* This is my column in BusinessWorld on February 25, 2018.“When PV Solar rely on up to 67% of revenues from subsidies, the state becomes a counter-party that is critical to sustaining the firm’s...
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Reforestation without government and taxes involved
Among the many big proof why humans are often unnecessary to "reforest" the planet, lowlands or uplands. Trees just grow by themselves even in the most "adverse" conditions.I took these photos in one...
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BWorld 192, Cobalt mining and TRAIN
* This is my article in BusinessWorld last March 01, 2018.Many people are enamored — and rightly so — with consumer electronics and gadgets like smartphones, iPads, laptops, and so on. Then, there is...
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Climate Tricks 65, "Last chance" to save the planet stories, 1992-2018
The "planet saviors", their leaders, they are a bunch of jokers and story tellers. See the timeline of their "last chance" warnings to save the planet unless we send them trillions and trillions of...
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BWorld 193, TRAIN, inflation and emerging DOE price control
* This is my column in BusinessWorld on March 5, 2018.More countries are reporting their January 2018 inflation rate and it is becoming clearer that majority of them have reigned in the inflationary...
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Duterte's planned disrespect of private property in Boracay
The Duterte government shows once more its penchant to disrespect private property with pronouncements like "Bomb/blow up illegal structures" or "Totally close all Boracay resorts." See these news...
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BWorld 194, How ‘pro-labor’ policies work against labor
* This is my column in BusinessWorld on March 08, 2018.“It is hard to imagine a more stupid or more dangerous way of making decisions than by putting those decisions in the hands of people who pay no...
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