Volume 3, Number 2: October 2019 Cover Photo: Napas (Nut) SirisamathakarnIssue Editor: M.H Benton Articles and Reports Protected: How Markets Crowd Out Morals Protected: Downpour paralyzes Bangkok’s traffic Curse of Thailand’s natural resources luck Protected: The Story of Car-dependence city Market Failure on Cigarettes Consumption Protected: Waterways; the possible future public transportation within Bangkok Protected: Bangkok and its sidewalks Protected: Advertisements in the rail system, should they be banned or allowed? Protected: Should Street Vendors be cleared out of the streets? Protected: The paradox of the marijuana law in The Netherlands Protected: New hope to escape the flood cycle in Thailand : Underground tunnel Protected: The Chronic problem of Bangkok’s Traffic and its Transporting system Protected: Elephant tragedy sparks debate on park management Protected: How extractive institutions protect the creators of a drug that killed thousands of Americans. Protected: Housing Crisis: (In) curable disease of Hong Kong Protected: Surfonomics – Economic impact of surf breaks as a common good Op-Eds Protected: Hong Kong and the World’s Future Protected: Cannabis needs to be legalized in Germany Why Private Prisons are not the Solution Protected: Cash Tax Arrives In Italy Protected: When will Bangkok’s modern public transport be able to satisfy the needs of Bangkokians? Protected: Why Indonesia should not move its capital city to East Kalimantan Protected: Why Bangkok Should Develop More Green Spaces Protected: Are drug patents beneficial to society? Protected: Why “green growth” is just another fairytale of eternal economic growth in the face of climate change. Editorial A weaker State under globalization is a myth! (1) Nasak (Chat) Pongsri | Essay