Corruption in Thailand usually viewed as social problems, while we could actually use the economic viewpoint analyze its through lens of market. It turns out that with this kind of analysis, corruption size in Thailand is significantly large and have strong multiplier. Plus the market is getting more efficient overtime. Hence dealing with corruption in Thailand is about designing mechanism that goes against economists’s way of thinking.
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EEC Project the big bet
EEC, is a starting point of debt creation for Thai people, in other to make these projects pay-off we need to learn from the mistake of China’s urban economic policy, and understand the success of Japan in creating accessibility.
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Curse of Thailand’s natural resources luck
People would usually think that born in a country’s which have a large chunk of natural resources would be better-off due to resources endowment advantage. For Thailand this isn’t the case as it’s leads to huge political structural problems that’s existed until today.
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Train inefficiency in Bangkok
Bangkok numerous rail project build-up would not be a solution for congestion as one may expected. Indeed it could potentially raised inequality, and rise inefficiency. The solution is simpler than its look, by not imitating the success of Japan, Bangkok should considered nurturing bus system as a better option than to spend money on the inefficience train system.
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The topic of the essay is very interesting, it highlights an alternative perspective on tackling urban crimes. It is well…
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The arguments you bring up to advocate for the reduction of privatisation of the educational sector are highly relevant. However,…
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Very interesting essay and I agree with you that the IMF and its policies in Greece had brought many negative…
I believe that such micro-mobility’s succes depends on the city and the way its transportation infrastructure has been planned over…
I agree that the privatisation of education has clearly become a problem for education overall. The fact that school teachers…
Very interesting to look at a solution for crime and an improvement in health through the usage of art. I…
Very interesting article! However, what Daryl mentions is interesting about what does Madrid offers as a solution. There are barely…
very interesting topic especially for europeans experiencing the life in Bangkok for a few months. I think you could write…
I really like your perspective and I think you make some really good points regarding different topics. Such as, climate…
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