Greens Blame Speculators For Rising Rice Prices
Before I get accused of being obsessed with rice, let me explain that this is all anyone wants to talk about here. A week ago I could get them talking about Wall Street, Bear Stearns, the Fed and...
View ArticleI’m Just Eating Rice In An Equity Traders’ Paradise
Traders in Thailand may be about to receive some much needed tax relief. Speaking to a conference of economics reporters in Bangkok, Thai finance minister Suapong Subwonglee (I’m sorry, that’s what...
View ArticleRice Controls And Rumors Of A Coup Or Two
Thailand may have spent the Cold War on the free market side of the Bamboo Curtain but rice socialism still reigns. Price shocks have politicians scrambling to raise rice productivity through...
View ArticleThailand: Rice Basket To The World
There’s a deep irony to all the talk about the global food crunch (they laugh at our “credit crunch” here, you can’t eat credit) portending dark deeds in Thailand. This country is hardly in danger of...
View ArticleThailand: Future M&A Paradise
Recently laid off from your buldge bracket bank because the buyout business has dried up? Well Bangkok may be where you want to be. Beside the obvious benefits–cheap domestic help and bespoke...
View ArticleHow To Profit From Global Warming: Thailand Edition
The streets of Chiang Mai, Thailand’s second city located near the northern end of the country, are nearly empty during summer middays. Most people you encounter will be tourists, backpackers and the...
View ArticleWill Food Crisis Give Rise To A Rice Cartel?
More evidence that there is little appetite for a free market in rice in South East Asia came in today as news spread that Thailand may be planning an OPEC-style international rice cartel—an...
View ArticleThailand Was A Bad Choice
When (alleged!) Canadian penny-stock fraud maestro Sandy Winick had to choose a place to hide from the U.S. authorities, he could have gone to Russia or Ecuador or Venezuela, where he might have lived...
View ArticleExperts Can’t Imagine Why Investors Would Be Spooked By Something So Mundane...
Thailand is used to coups; it’s had so many in the last 80 years that experts are not really sure how to count them. So only an amateur would allow the sight of a general declaring the country’s...
View ArticleSpending Upwards Of 30K On B-School Trips Will Pay Off In 2025 When The New...
You gotta spend money to make money.
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