Showing posts with label government intervention. Show all posts
Showing posts with label government intervention. Show all posts
Tuesday, July 05, 2011

Corn Prices, Ethanol Subsidies and the Farmland Bubble

›
Here is an interesting chart illustrating the correlationship between corn prices and corn used in ethanol (also in feed). The Bloomberg...
Wednesday, June 29, 2011

Do Filipinos Need a New Attitude on Entrepreneurship?

›
I received a promotional email for an entrepreneurship seminar which comes with a column from Brian Quebengco entitled “Championing Philippi...
Sunday, May 08, 2011

Philippine Mining Index and the Manipulated Collapse of Commodity Prices

›
We're living in an amazing world where real assets can be purchased with fantasy money. It won't last because it's illogical and...
1 comment:
Thursday, April 28, 2011

Volatility of China’s Food Prices Largely Due to Policies

›
In China, rising food prices have been blamed on speculators. Now that select food prices have slumped, particularly vegetables, the culpabi...
Thursday, March 10, 2011

Does Higher Education Pay Off?

›
Higher education is not only in a bubble, but is fast becoming an unviable activity or unworthy of personal investments—meaning costs exceed...
Wednesday, September 29, 2010

Will A Ban on ‘Texting While Driving’ Reduce Accidents?

›
In examining accidents, the intuitive response by policymakers is to look at the immediate cause and subsequently apply restrictions on it....
Saturday, June 12, 2010

Philippine Sports: The Craze For Basketball And The Lack Of Interest In The World Cup

›
``Almost everywhere on the planet, people on Friday were stocking up on beer and food and readying themselves for long hours in front of the...
Thursday, December 31, 2009

China's Bubble And The Austrian Business Cycle

›
Is China in a bubble? That's THE current debate between China optimists and pessimists. And this has been accentuated by reports that Ch...
Sunday, November 29, 2009

Vietnam’s Inflation Control Measures And The Japanese Yen’s Record High

›
``If most of us remain ignorant of ourselves, it is because self-knowledge is painful and we prefer the pleasures of illusion.” Aldous Huxle...