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BWorld 361, PCC, LTFRB, MMDA and transportation woes
* My column in BusinessWorld on August 20, 2019.There is more proof that Metro Manila traffic is among the worst in the world. Numbeo has quantified a “traffic index” for major cities around the world,...
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Interview by Cito Beltran
Last Monday, August 26, 8-9am, I was a guest again of Cito Beltran in his program "Agenda" at OneNewsPH, Cignal TV. Fellow guest was Marichu Villanueva, Associate Editor of Philippine Star. It was my...
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BWorld 362, More expensive electricity via climate tax
* This is my column in BusinessWorld on August 22, 2019.“The whole aim of practical politics is to keep the populace alarmed (and hence clamorous to be led to safety) by menacing it with an endless...
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Climate Tricks 85, Sachs and UN anger at Trump
Jeffrey Sachs, among the main inventors of the UN's Social Developments Goals (SDGs) that replaced the Millenial Devt. Goals, is angry at Trump because he has caused less rain and more rain, less flood...
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BWorld 363, IPR protection in the ASEAN
* This is my article in BusinessWorld on August 27, 2019.The fastest-growing sub-sector in the Philippine economy over the past 5-1/2 years — 2014 to the first half of 2019 — is intellectual property...
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Lion Rock 30, Positive non-interventionism
I like these two papers from Lion Rock Institute (LRI) in HK, reposting below. The image here, I got from the web, CTTO. Enjoy.Asset (Mis)management25/01/2019 Nick...
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BWorld 364, Brief analysis of Budget 2018-2022
* My column in BusinessWorld on August 29, 2019.The Duterte government’s fiscal and expenditure program can be briefly summarized and characterized as one of over-spending and over-borrowings. Four...
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Energy 129, Fault in OPEC supply cut and oil price decline
Good news. World oil prices declining, now hovering at $53/barrel mainly because of higher supply from Iraq and Nigeria (they somehow disobeyed OPEC) and new all-time high US oil production, 12.5...
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MGT and FEF to co-sponsor IPRI 2019 launching
This coming October 16, 2019, Minimal Government Thinkers (MGT) and Foundation for Economic Freedom (FEF) will co-sponsor with the Property Rights Alliance (PRA) in the launching of International...
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BWorld 365, FIRe, Innovation and rising income
* This is my article in BusinessWorld last September 03, 2019.Next week, on Sept. 9, the BusinessWorld Industry 4.0 Summit with the theme “Winning Together in the Fourth Industrial Revolution” (FIRe)...
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China Watch 39, Martin Jacques as CN propagandist
Last Tuesday, September 10, I attended the lecture of Martin Jacques, afternoon of Day 1 of Mining Philippines Conference at Sofitel Philippine Plaza Hotel. Martin is a British academic who for many...
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BWorld 366, ‘Social cost’ of carbon and trash to jetfuel
* My article in BusinessWorld on September 5, 2019.Among the topics discussed during the Heartland Institute’s 13th International Conference on Climate Change (ICCC-13) that I attended on July 25 in...
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Climate Tricks 86, Cannibalism and eating bugs to 'save the planet'
I have another climate debate with a friend last week when he posted this weird article in my fb wall,(Why) The Next 3000 Days Will Decide the Fate of Human CivilizationHow The Four Greatest...
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BWorld 367, FIRe, innovation and stealing of innovation
* This is my column in BusinessWorld last September 10, 2019.“All creation is a mine, and every man, a miner… In the beginning, the mine was unopened, and the miner stood naked, and knowledgeless, upon...
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Expensive bureaucracy and WHO vs cheaper medicines
A new report was released this week that should help remind the UN and country leaders, WHO and health Ministers or Secretaries, and many other officials flying to NYC for a UN High Level Meeting...
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BWorld 368, More politics will worsen the Philippines’ power deficiency
* My column in BusinessWorld on September 12, 2019.It is pathetic that people often politicize many things, whether food or medicines or electricity. Like creating a new energy company by legislation...
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Report on IPR in the ASEAN
Last Tuesday, we launched this report, “The importance of Intellectual Property Rights for progress: reform agenda for ASEAN countries” at Holiday Inn Makati....
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BWorld 369, Copyright and trademark in the ASEAN
* My column in BusinessWorld on September 17, 2019.“A power ‘to promote the progress of science and useful arts, by securing, for a limited time, to authors and inventors, the exclusive right to their...
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Inequality 39, Capitalism and its detractors
A friend, Richard Heydarian, posted this article in his fb wall with his note, "Injustice of capitalism 🙈"'Eye-Popping': Analysis Shows Top 1% Gained $21 Trillion in Wealth Since 1989 While Bottom Half...
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BWorld 370, Universal healthcare via lower medicine taxes and tariffs
* This is my article in BusinessWorld last September 19, 2019.Among the ironies of government health policies regardless of administration is their cry for “cheaper medicines” — and then they impose...
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