The Indonesian economy: “as delicate as walking on eggshells”
IO - Statistics Indonesia (Badan
Pusat Statistik – “BPS”) has just announced Indonesia’s import-export data for
September 2019. It is a disappointment, as expected, but it is still a
disappointment nonetheless: Indonesia’s economy is still...
Social media play a crucial role in Indonesian and Hong Kong protests
IO - Recently, Hong Kong people gathered in public to protest the attitude
of the Chinese government, which seeks to usurp their rights by
interfering in the judicial process, through the Hong
Kong Extradition Bill....
A Competent Cabinet
IO - I must praise the composition of this new cabinet. That means I have to praise the compiler: President Joko ‘Jokowi’ Widodo.Certainly,
its makeup does not satisfy everyone....
LNG in Indonesia wasted, LPG imports prioritized. Oil import mafia still too powerful?
IO - More
than seven billion kilograms of liquid petroleum gas (LPG) is subsidized every
year by the government. The LPG subsidies have totaled more than IDR 69
trillion in the state budget with LPG...
2019 Nobel laureates in economics
IO
- The recipients of the Nobel Prize in Economics for
2019 were recently announced by the Nobel Committee; the prestigious award was jointly
shared by Professors Esther Duflo and her husband Abhijit Banerjee from...
Hopes for the President and Vice President 2019-2024
IO - In retrospect, Jokowi’s first term as president brought mixed results. Jokowi’s signature policy of modernizing Indonesia antiquated infrastructure rightly won him numerous plaudits, but a weakening economy, democratic backsliding, unrest...
In the cabinet: new faces, renewed hopes
IO - In retrospect, Jokowi’s first term as president brought mixed results. Jokowi’s signature policy of modernizing Indonesia antiquated infrastructure rightly won him numerous plaudits, but a weakening economy, democratic backsliding, unrest...
Prabowo Subianto, a statesman who places the people’s interests above his own
IO, Jakarta – The series of
meetings held by Prabowo Subianto with Jokowi, Megawati, and political party
chairmen shows his great heart. It is a proof of his commitment to the state and
nation, to...
The results of economic policy packages
IO - Nearing the start of Jokowi’s second term, a raft of debilitating issues still burden the national economy. 16 Economic Policy Packages were produced by the President to resolve his disappointment...
Let’s do something about tax avoidance
IO - It is noteworthy that the Organization
for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) recently reported it was
preparing a proposal to extract more corporate tax from large multinationals
and highly profitable global brands. The...
