Government and Taxes

I have never run a marathon (42.2 kms.) in my life. I twice participated in a 5-k race, but I didn’t dare try the 10-k race. At my current p...

Prof. Christopher Lingle of Center for Civil Society India, published an article in the Financial Express in India entitled "Shut down ...

Almost all so-called "public goods" can now be done or provided by the private sector. Why? Consider many of those gated, private ...

I am no fan of so-called "decentralization" or "devolution" from national to local government units (LGUs). Both in prin...

In a news report today in the Financial Times, two very big business lobby groups in the US and Europe, voiced out their impatience at vario...

The coming Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) summit in Sydney, Australia this coming September, is looking to produce one good result...

Guys who used to prod fiscally-irresponsible governments (FIGs) to either create new taxes, or hike existing ones, were used to be IMF burea...

There was a "Pacific Rim Conference" held in Sheraton Waikiki, Honolulu, Hawaii, last May 23-24. The event was jointly sponsored b...