Economy Thought

fuel card ..

Yup, another breakthrough by our government to introduce newest stuff to control excess use of energy reserve around the country. Its called fuel smart card, which soon be release in May 2008. I don’t know is it coincidence or what, similar to our government policy, Iranian had it test implemented last year (i think). Imagine, …

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Economy Media

retail ..

Is it me, late to know or what ?! Near my house there’s a new mini mart called Alfa Midi (manage by PT Midimart Utama), which i already suspicious it must had anything related to retailer Alfa Mart. After surf few media archive (include here), i found Alfa Mart had offer a new format of …

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Economy

resesi ..

” The recession itself can be interpreted as partly crisis, which in term mostly related to party depedency on other factor. It is by directly or nor valued by time and term of each party to implement their own policy.” (triq_econ_watch_jan08) Kebijakan Kebanyakan ekonom yakin pada kebijakan stimulus fiskal yang rasional, dimana perlu perhatian atas …

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Economy Thought

the poor ..

Buku ini simpel gak setebal “Blood Money” yang ampe review ini q tulis baru kelar 1/2-nya. Ini buku menarik oleh M. Yunus seorang akademisi dari Bangladesh, penerima Nobel untuk penanganan kemisikinan (yang q rasa pantas dia terima ketimbang SBY yang terlalu banyak formalitas dan “hand gesture” unik-nya) itu. Melihat dari pendekatan dan cara pandangnya, 1 …

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Economy Thought

greed ..

Greed; reprehensible acquisitiveness; insatiable desire for wealth (personified as one of the deadly sins). Rakus dalam arti luas, beda dari definisi klepto (tidak selalu bermotif ekonomi). Rebutan reserve sumber daya mineral di timur tengah telah berlangsung puluhan tahun. Transaksi, fluktuasi harga per barrel di pasar sudah lama menjadi “mainan” spekulan dan “diam” nya perusahaan energi. …

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