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On prohibition of sugary products in stores near schools
Last Tuesday, July 10, I was one of several guests on "Agenda" hosted by Cito Beltran. It was shown at 8-9am, replay at 12-1pm, then 4:30-5:30pm. Very quick interview by , about 2 minutes, Cignal...
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BWorld 228, Fare control makes it difficult to get a ride
* This is my column in BusinessWorld last July 02, 2018.“For every action, there is an equal opposite reaction.”— Isaac Newton (1642 — 1726) 3rd law of motion.“Every government intervention creates...
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Elon Musk the socialist vs Elon Musk the anti-socialist
This is not from The Onion, this is from his twitter account, I simply copy-pasted.A friend suggested that perhaps Elon associates himself with "voluntary socialism". For me that term is an oxymoron, a...
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BWorld 229, CoA should consider benefits of Malampaya project
* This is my article in BusinessWorld on July 05, 2018.When developing economies attract multinational companies, they reap benefits. These developing economies get to have more commodities and...
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One News 2, Interview on inflation, TRAIN, BBB, cha-cha, federalism
Last Friday, July 13, at One News, Cignal TV, 4:30-5:30pm, "The Chiefs" hosted by Ed Lingao and Roby Alampay. Panelists were NEDA Sec. Ernesto Pernia, fellow BWorld columnist Andrew Masigan and me....
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BWorld 230, US-China ‘trade war’ and PH federalism
* This is my column in BusinessWorld last July July 9, 2018.Among the big topics that dominated last week’s global and national reports are (a) US-China ‘trade war’ which technically means equalized...
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Weekend Fun 65, Go Bato sa Senado
I got this photo from Florin/Pilo Hilbay's fb and tw, very witty:"Animal.may sungay.mabilis tumakbo."The term "mabilis tumakbo" (runs fast) refers to his plan to run for Senator next year. He denies he...
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BWorld 231, Lessons from the Energy Policy Development Program
* This is my column in BusinessWorld last July 12, 2018.Next week, the Energy Policy Development Program (EPDP), a USAID-funded project implemented by the UP Economics Foundation, will have its last...
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Comparative quarterly growth of China, Germany and US
GDP quarterly growth of the Big 3.(1) China keeps high growth but decelerating this year. (2) Germany picking up speed but decelerating also this year. (3) USA picking up speed, consistently. Data...
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BWorld 232, Effects of fare control
* This is my article in BusinessWorld last Monday, July 16.Government has the tendency to throw its weight around, especially affecting people and private enterprises that it regulates. If players are...
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The Economics of Biotech products
Last Tuesday, July 17, I attended the forum, "The Economics of Biotech products" held at SEARCA, UP Los Banos, Laguna. The Philippine Economic Society (PES) was a co-sponsor of the event. PES also...
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BWorld 233, Federalism, Cha-cha, and more government
* This is my column in BusinessWorld last Friday, July 20, 2018.“The aim, therefore, of patriots was to set limits to the power which the ruler should be suffered to exercise over the community; and...
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Free Trade 67, US-EU zero tariff, zero subsidies plan and agreement
Yesterday morning (Manila time), President Trump tweeted this and more than a hundred thousand people have liked it, with 46k retweets and replies.Yes, free trade, zero tariff, zero subsidies. No more...
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BWorld 234, SONA 2018: Dutertenomics performance is fair to poor
* This is my column in BusinessWorld last Monday, July 23.After two years in power, the Duterte administration, its economic team, and its policies can be considered as fair to poor. Here are five...
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One News 3, Interview before SONA 2018
Last Monday, July 23, I was one of six guests in ONE News' special coverage of SONA 2018 by President Duterte, 3-5pm, hosted by Roby Alampay. The first three guests were Prof. Roland Simbulan of UP...
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BWorld 235, Inflation worldwide is declining, no special credit to Dutertenomics
* This is my article in today's BusinessWorld 31st Anniversary special issue, "The Changing Game", S7 page 2.“Money cannot call forth goods, but goods can call forth money…”-- David Ricardo, on the...
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Climate Tricks 69, Junkets to 'save the planet' limited by Duterte
This is among the very few instances where I clap and support President Duterte :-)Duterte to send only one representative to climate change meetings abroadJuly 26, 2018 | 8:22...
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BWorld 236, Two years of Duterte energy policies
* This is my column in BusinessWorld on July 26, 2018.For the past two years, the Duterte administration has produced a mix of bad and good policies from the perspective of market-oriented reforms...
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US GDP growth the past 25 years
Here are the numbers. The most dynamic were 8 years of the Bill (5 yrs of 4% or higher growth), the most pathetic were 8 years of "hope and change" (zero year of 3% or higher growth).Source: US Bureau...
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BWorld 237, The sharing economy index
* This is my article in BusinessWorld last July 30, 2018.The “sharing economy” involves strangers sharing several services among themselves without being forced or mandated by a government to do so....
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