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Stop betting the farm on Thai rice
News, Wichit Chantanusornsiri, Published on 02/08/2012
» Last year's floods cost Thailand more than 1 trillion baht thanks to a perfect storm of years of insufficient infrastructure investment, poor crisis management, haphazard zoning and unusually heavy seasonal rains.
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Use state banks as tools, not political toys
News, Wichit Chantanusornsiri, Published on 24/08/2012
» A cursory scan of the local headlines over the past several months offers up some gloomy reading indeed.
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Blase about tax laws
News, Wichit Chantanusornsiri, Published on 13/09/2012
» It's an old saying _ nothing is certain except death and taxes. Alas, it seems that Thailand may very well be an exception, at least so far as taxes go.
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Solving poverty goes beyond writing cheques
News, Wichit Chantanusornsiri, Published on 04/10/2012
» The pungent smell of tobacco, urine and sweat reek of despair and degradation in the heat of the noon sun. How can they stand it? Hundreds, perhaps thousands of people, many old, some young, spread out on simple bamboo mats laid out on the asphalt in hopes of attracting attention from those beyond the tall steel gates.
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'Eat more rice' policy is a better way to go
News, Wichit Chantanusornsiri, Published on 25/10/2012
» No doubt, Commerce Minister Boonsong Teriyapirom knows many things that we don't. Fair enough. Policy-makers have their own reasons on what to keep behind closed doors and what should be discussed in public.
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Tax relief for millions unlikely
News, Wichit Chantanusornsiri, Published on 15/11/2012
» There are few policy decisions more sensitive for any elected politician than changes in the tax code. To be more accurate, few decisions are more politically touchy than raising taxes. After all, job security for any politician is directly tied to their popularity among voters. It takes a brave leader indeed to risk the ire of the populace by taking money from their pockets.
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We need enriching, in happiness and wealth
News, Wichit Chantanusornsiri, Published on 06/12/2012
» Everyone has dreams. Everyone needs to have a dream, as it is human imagination which lends us the strength to strive and struggle for our betterment and to attempt what we would never imagine possible or achievable.
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Time to look a gift horse in the mouth
News, Wichit Chantanusornsiri, Published on 27/12/2012
» It's holiday season, a time for festivities and cheer, a time to reminisce and to dream, to exchange gifts with friends and family.
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Sacrificing happiness for development
News, Wichit Chantanusornsiri, Published on 17/01/2013
» I happen to agree with the adage that money alone can't buy happiness. So why do development policies seem to focus on economic growth with little consideration given to quality of life, social stability or public happiness?
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Are Yingluck's populist policies sustainable?
News, Wichit Chantanusornsiri, Published on 07/02/2013
» Thailand has certainly endured its share of crises over the past decade, from the 1997 economic crisis to political upheaval and the 2011 floods.
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