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Anti-populism law not for greater good
News, Surasak Glahan, Published on 09/05/2018
» Raising one finger during her campaigning to symbolise her party's ballot number ahead of the 2011 election, Yingluck Shinawatra rode a wave of popularity all the way to victory. And now the man who threw her caretaker government out of office in 2014 by force has demonstrated he is not shy of using a similar gimmick.
Life on the other side
News, Postbag, Published on 08/05/2018
» Re: 'PM takes huge funds vow to Buri Ram', (BP, May 7).
Life without populism
News, Alan Dawson, Published on 06/05/2018
» Once upon a time in a land very, very far away with a "government by the people, for the people" there was a plan to fix recalcitrant taxi drivers and make them pick up passengers, politely, and then to reward the drivers with a fare increase. And that plan was carried out in the faraway country, and passengers were happy to reward deserving, hard-working, uncomplaining taxi drivers.
Sucking the wind out of the elections
News, Kong Rithdee, Published on 05/05/2018
» The verb of the week is "to dood".
Fiscal discipline can still save the day
News, Wichit Chantanusornsiri, Published on 03/05/2018
» Fiscal security is of the utmost importance. When the country faces an economic crisis, every government must resort to stimulus measures to reinvigorate the economy. At times, some make use of fiscal measures to narrow the socio-economic gap. Either way, much money is needed.
Reading habits that come to a dead end
News, Roger Crutchley, Published on 29/04/2018
» The other evening, I had just finished the crime thriller <i>Time of Death</i> by Mark Billingham and put it in my bookcase where it nestled next to Stephen Leather's <i>Dead Men</i>.
Being legal doesn't mean it's just
News, Postbag, Published on 29/04/2018
» Re: "Regime must forget 'face' and do right thing".
Is Ma's 'magic' really worth weaving?
News, Paritta Wangkiat, Published on 26/04/2018
» Jack Ma makes a phenomenal success again. During his high-profile trip to Thailand which gained heavy media attention, the businessman announced he would invest more than 11 billion baht in the country.
Squeezing the blood out of a durian
News, Soonruth Bunyamanee, Published on 25/04/2018
» With Thai durians selling like hot cakes on Alibaba's Tmall platform, the regime has every reason to believe its deal to have the e-commerce giant promote Thai products will be a resounding success. But Thai farmers may not necessarily gain as much from this as they expect.