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BWorld 272, The ASEAN Prosperity Initiative
* This is my article in BusinessWorld last December 05, 2018.“The rapid economic advance that we have come to expect seems in a large measure to be the result of this inequality and to be impossible...
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On the US troop withrawal from Syria and Afghanistan
A friend, citizen scientist Willis Eschenbach, posted in fb below and I am sharing/reposting it. Trump is correct in pulling US troops out of Syria. Mattis strongly objected to this move, among others,...
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BWorld 273, UAAP basketball tickets and Philippines inflation
* This is my column in BusinessWorld last December 7, 2018.The University of the Philippines (UP) Fighting Maroons reaching the University Athletic Association of the Philippines (UAAP) championship...
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Climate Tricks 76, Greenpeace deception model
A good analysis of the GreenPeace (GP) business model was made by five scientist-authors including GP co-founder Patrick Moore. They noted that "Although Greenpeace relies heavily on marketing,...
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BWorld 274, The ASEAN single aviation market
* This is my article in BusinessWorld last December 11, 2018.Singapore — Freedom means mobility and more mobility means more freedom. The modern symbols of mobility are comfortable and fast cars,...
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MMDA Towing 6, Letter to MMDA last January
This is my letter to MMDA last January when I was called during further investigation of my case, I forgot to post this earlier. See background,BWorld 174, MMDA towed my car even with my kids inside,...
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BWorld 275, The LNG bill
* This is my article in BusinessWorld on December 14, 2018.To have cheaper, stable energy sources, especially in electricity generation, there should be maximum competition and minimum taxation,...
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EFN Asia 68 / API 1, Launching of API in Singapore
The Economic Freedom Network (EFN) South East Asia has officially been renamed and launched as ASEAN Prosperity Inititive (API) last December 11, 2018 at a half-day conference at Intercontinental...
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BWorld 276, Fiscal irresponsibility vs household responsibility
* This is my article in BusinessWorld last December 18, 2018.A report in BusinessWorld yesterday, Dec. 17, said that the country’s foreign debt grew 5.6% to $76.4 billion as of end-September 2018.The...
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B2 bombers in Hawaii to warn China
Good decision, Trump. Get out of Syria -- Iran, Russia and Turkey have more interests in demolishing the ISIS there. Get out of Afghanistan -- too long US troops have been there with no end in sight....
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BWorld 277, Contestable market and the ride-hailing sector
* This is my column in BusinessWorld last December 21, 2018.“A contestable market is one into which entry is absolutely free, and exit is absolutely costless… Absolute freedom of exit is one way to...
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AOC + Krugman plan for US socialism
New US Congresswoman from NY, Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (AOC) is among the most prominent young US politicians and she is an explicit socialist. She wants lots of freebies -- free Medicare, free...
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BWorld 278, Top 10 economic news of 2018
* This is my article in BusinessWorld last December 26, 2018.This list and analysis is more focused on East Asia but a brief discussion of the US and global economy is also made. Here we go.1. Despite...
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Foreign Aid 18, Presentation in London in 2005
I am a non-fan of foreign aid since 2005, perhaps 2004. Today I just rediscovered my presentation in 2005 from my old mails. Among my co-speakers there were Barun Mitra and Mohit Satyanand (Liberty...
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BWorld 279, Top 10 energy news of 2018
* This is my column in BusinessWorld last December 28, 2018.My list of top energy-related news that transpired this year, five global and five national.GLOBAL1 Despite endless noise in the world to...
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US shutdown could mean cutting the bloated bureaucracy
Aside from highlighting the need for the wall or steel barrier at the southern border, I have a feeling or hypothesis before that US President Trump also wants to cut the bloated bureaucracy via...
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BWorld 280, Provinces and New Year wishes for them
* This is my column in BusinessWorld last January 2, 2019.Last month, I traveled to several provinces. Below are my observations and my wishes for them.1. Palawan. I went there with former dormmates...
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PAGASA 5, Privatize PAGASA and deregulate weather forecasting
Last December 26, 2018, I travelled from Iloilo to Negros Occidental to see my sister and brother in Cadiz City. I wanted to go back to Iloilo Dec. 28 but there was a storm coming, I decided to go back...
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BWorld 281, Trump and Bolsonaro vs Xi and Duterte
* This is my article in BusinessWorld on January 4, 2019.“I stand before the whole nation on a day when people begin to free themselves from socialism, from the inversion of values, from state...
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Energy 119, US oil output now almost 12 mbpd
See these numbers, US oil production, million barrels per day (mbpd):End-2008/ Bush, 5.0 mbpd.End-2012/ Obama1, 7.0 mbpd.End-2016/ Obama2, 8.8 mbpd. End-2018/ Trump, 11.7 mbpd.2019 week 2, 11.9 mbpd....
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