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BWorld 263, Institutional decline and garbled competition regulations
* This is my column in BusinessWorld yesterday, October 30, 2018.The Duterte government is known for political environmentalism and recycling — it recycles its heavily tainted officials, sacking them...
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Bishop Ambo David and the prisoners
This is a heart-warming story written by Bishop "Ambo" David. I know him personally -- cool, warm and very friendly priest, now a Bishop. He is the younger brother of my former boss for 3 years, Prof....
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Energy 116, Cheaper oil but rising oil tax
The good news is that recently, world oil prices are falling and peso depreciation has stopped so domestic oil prices are falling. World coal prices are falling too (In 2017, 50% of total PH...
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BWorld 264, Energy by legislation promotes corruption
* This is my column in BusinessWorld last November 06, 2018.When a “bright idea” needs legislation, 90 to 99% it is a lousy idea that will not work if not implemented by force, coercion and state...
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Agri Econ 27, On rice tariffication and trade liberalization
Last Monday on my way to a meeting in Solaire Hotel, I passed by a group of rallyists going to the Senate. Mostly NFA employees, they oppose rice tariffication (conversion of quantitative restrictions,...
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Energy 117, Cheap oil and Trump
Wow, WTI prices today went down to $55.7 a barrel ($4 decline in a day), Brent $65.5, Dubai $69.8. Despite rising global demand, despite political and military tensions in big oil exporting countries...
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BWorld 265, Integrated PPP vs Hybrid PPP: The case of Kaliwa Dam
* This is my article in BusinessWorld last November 08, 2018.Integrated Public-Private Partnership (PPP) means the construction then operation and maintenance (O&M) phases will be done by a single...
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Climate Tricks 75, Brazil President Borsonaro is 'threat' to the planet?
Brazil's new President, Jair Bolsonaro, has become another inconvenient truth for the climate alarmism movement. Many 'planet saviours' have labelled him as a 'climate denier', wow. In the first place,...
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BWorld 266, Inflation, GDP and Duterte
* This is my article in BusinessWorld on November 13, 2018.Last week, the October inflation and 3rd quarter GDP growth data were released by the Philippine Statistics Authority (PSA) and the numbers...
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Agri Econ 28, SE Asia rice production is rising, not declining
"Man-made" climate change (CC) / global warming is causing SE Asia rice harvest to decline? Another proof that the climate alarmism movement is based on dishonesty, deception and lies. SE Asia rice...
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BWorld 267, Poverty data vs banking, mobile phones and Internet access
* This is my article in BusinessWorld last November 15, 2018.“Something terribly wrong with a program that grows ever larger even when prosperity for everyone else is increasing. We should measure...
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BWorld 268, Market-oriented reforms in the Senate
* This is my article in BusinessWorld on November 20, 2018.“Every family should have the right to spend their money, after tax, as they wish, and not as the government dictates. Let us extend choice,...
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China Watch 30, Distinction between CN people and CN communist government
The China economy and people are ok, the China communist government is not. Jack Ma and other Chinese businessmen are fine, Xi Jinping and other top officials of the China Communist Party are not....
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BWorld 269, IPR, private property and prosperity
* This is my article in BusinessWorld last November 23, 2018.“Every Man has a Property in his own Person. This no Body has any Right to but himself. The Labour of his Body, and the Work of his Hands,...
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Santo Duterte vs the Catholic Church, again
Normally an idiot does not know his idiocy and arrogance so he braggingly announces...
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Energy 118, Climate lies to justify RE subsidies
An RE developer and lobbyist reacted to my paper, "Corrupted science to justify renewables cronyism". He wrote again to oped editor and his paper was published by BWorld. My reply to this in my next...
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BWorld 270, Debating with Mr. RE
* This is my article in BusinessWorld last November 27, 2018.In a paper, “Setting up the debate with Mr. Coal,” published in BusinessWorld yesterday, Mr. RE and climate scam Eddie O’Connor of...
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Agri Econ 29, Bruce Tolentino lecture at BSP
Last November 28, I attended the lecture of Dr. Bruce Tolentino, "Rice and Inflation: the supply side" at BSP. Bruce is the new member of BSP Monetary Board, a former DA UnderSecretary and former IRRI...
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BWorld 271, More smokers and drinkers needed to fund more UHC?
* This is my column in BusinessWorld on November 30, 2018.“The man of system…is apt to be very wise in his own conceit; and is often so enamoured with the supposed beauty of his own ideal plan of...
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Inequality 36, Adam Smith the poor
Last September, I have a brief email discussion with some friends and former classmates from UPSE in the 80s. A summary of those points:1. On scale of economy -- PH economy has momentum mainly because...
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