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China-Thai railway deal: Really better than Yingluck's?
Jon Fernquest, Published on 21/06/2017
» Rail project really aims to please China & breaks laws created to give Thai public control over government spending & projects.
Rice price slump: Economics & long-term solutions
Jon Fernquest, Published on 07/11/2016
» Prices would never be so volatile & plunge suddenly if farmers, traders & exporters had better info, futures markets & supply projections.
Taking drug policy to the grassroots village level
Jon Fernquest, Published on 01/09/2016
» With thousands shot dead in Philippines drug war, Thailand takes new local village-level approach heeding international consensus that drug wars don't work.
Premocracy 2.0 in the 2010s?
Jon Fernquest, Published on 05/04/2016
» In the 1980s General Prem shared power with politicians, delegated economics to technocrats & was untainted by corruption, can it work again?
Capital controls: Govt & central bank working together
Jon Fernquest, Published on 29/05/2013
» Short-term investment money flowing into Thai stock & bond markets from US, EU & Japan QE monetary policy causing strong baht, hurting export sector.
Govt & Bank of Thailand Conflict: Two sides to story
Jon Fernquest, Published on 08/05/2013
» Most monetary policy experts at BOT don't believe interest rate cut will solve rising baht problem so charges of "gross incompetence" unfounded.
China currency war coming?
Jon Fernquest, Published on 04/03/2013
» Top Chinese central banker says China prepared for currency war but G20 meeting between major economies may save the day.
Buddhist monk is happiest man
Jon Fernquest, Published on 30/10/2012
» Meditation on compassion has changed this famous monk's brain over time to make him the happiest man ever tested by these scientists.
Thai PBS: Change of leadership
Jon Fernquest, Published on 11/10/2012
» The new boss at Thai PBS explains the channel's innovative programs & how they cover important issues that for-profit TV ignores.
Nobel prize for medicine: Stem cells
Jon Fernquest, Published on 10/10/2012
» Stem cells can develop into many different kinds of cells as living things grow & promise new ways to cure disease.