@MiMestalla To a degree i would agree. But i would also ask some of the local guys like Witan and perhaps some others why they havent made the step up to fight for their place in the national team. And this has been such a pervasive issue amongst our local players
If Prabowo consolidates his power in which theres now way for him to be voted put or even get rid of, theres only two scenarios i can imagine happen.
Prabowo gets what he wants (doubtful) and Indonesia implodes and balkanize.
And that is the end of Reformasi.
There is a sense of “Indonesian exceptionalism” widespread throughout both the administration and a large part of Indonesian society where, there is a belief that whatever God almighty has bestowed on us in terms of natural resources is enough to move the world to our will.
We have no advanced manufacturing industries, Deindustrialization, and chronic rent-seeking behaviors across ALL SECTORS OF SOCIETY. A large population of our people are either jobless or have barely economically sufficient jobs.
Economics is fundamentally political. We cannot escape this fact.
The so-called “free market” is constructed by laws, maintained by institutions, and enforced by states.
The choice between austerity and stimulus reflects deeper beliefs about responsibility, fairness, and social obligation.
The mandates of central banks are products of political decisions. The emphasis placed on price stability in Western central banks rather than, say, regulating private finance reflects value judgments as well as political lobbying.
One of the biggest differences between mainstream economics and heterodox economics is that the former often disguises political choices as technical ones.
Economics has never been, and never will be, a value-free science, no matter how much today's mainstream economics tries to present it that way.
At its core, economics is shaped by ideologies, human morality, competing interests, social norms, and political priorities. Pretending otherwise does not make economics more rigorous. It just makes it more dangerous.
Every criticism towards SMI was a fair one id say, the policies she made avoided upsetting the powers that be at the expense of the middle class but were still needed for the sake of fiscal stability.
Like ngapain sih susah2 ambil s2 sama s3 beasiswa di luar negeri kalo lu akhirnya kerja dimana expertise sama keahlian lu kaga di dengerin sama orang diatas lu? Apalagi kalo lu udah terbiasa dengan budaya debat terbuka dimana disagreeing sama dosen lu itu hal yang lumrah.
@windae But Europe to me is so inconvenient and expensive in comparison to other well developed countries in Asia like Japan and China that had i came here with what i earned when i was still working in Indo, i would feel that i didnt get my money’s worth.
@windae And honestly thats fair and valid! If what you like are the castles and old towns or other things that Europe have to offer then its well worth it.
@MiMestalla Agreed on the last sentence. Im also not fully into buying Hannan as well yet, but also Herdman’s eye for local talent is very much questionable. STY had his guys like Asnawi, Arhan, Witan, etc early on but Herdman seems to over rely on the foreign born ones.
@iantalksfooty due to HK being an English colony and its flourishing economy so people can afford to migrate. The whole history of Hong Kong migration is actually quite interesting, and i would reccomend this
movie starring Maggie Cheung as an example. (3/3)
https://t.co/uBsuvyT9rY
@iantalksfooty After the Chinese civil war in 1949, a lot of businessmen and industrialists (as well as war refugees in general) left the mainland for HK. From then on, HK was essentially the transit point for a lot of Chinese who eventually left for Anglosphere countries (2/?)