Jun 4, 2008
I wonder if anyone else can remember the "inflasi sifar" (zero inflation) campaign that was held by the government around the mid-90s. I can remember that there were posters hanging everywhere and even a little campaign song playing on TV all the time. That was the first time I was exposed to the concept of price inflation. Today, I dare not imagine what's going to happen to our ...
May 19, 2008
A recent article in the NYTimes is highlighting a crisis happening in Japan. According to the article, Japan is suffering a "flight from science". It was engineering prowess that lifted the country from it's postwar defeat but few are interested in entering such professions today.
In actual fact, this is not a problem that is unique to Japan. It is something that is happening everywhere in this world. Even ...