There's no such thing as a free lunch...Or is there?

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It's official. The next president of Indonesia is former army general Prabowo Subianto. Quite how the next five years will pan out is anyone's guess but hopefully the foreign pundits who always bring up his dodgy human rights record will be proven wrong. Nonetheless, on policy making, Prabowo's popularist move to literally offer the poor 'a free lunch' every day of the week does not augur well for the future. Such a policy - if it ever came to fruition - would cost a phenomenal amount of money and likely lead to huge inefficiencies (food waste) and poor incentives (make people lazy). Another concern is Prabowo's strong nationalist bent. Thus, in the possible event that he finds himself with his back against the proverbial wall in the face of stern economic challenges, there is a big chance that he will simply scapegoat foreigners. But he will have to be careful. Construction of the new capital city, Nusantara, for example, is highly dependent on foreign in

Love is in the air

While much of Australia reacted with predictable indignation to Corby’s conviction, you can be sure that the male inmates at Kerobokan jail are not going to be too perturbed that this Aussie beauty will now be spending the foreseeable future among their company. 

In fact, they probably can’t believe their good fortune. Every cloud has a silver lining. Because for them Corby must seem like some sort of angel magically spirited down from heaven. What they have wanted and dreamed about for so long is now tantalizingly close to hand. 

Lifer MichaĆ«l Blanc must especially fancy his chances: young and good-looking he’ll be hoping that Corby will fall for his irresistible French charms. One thing doesn’t bear thinking about though: how would Indonesia’s excruciatingly complex nationality laws cope if they had kids while still on the inside?

And if you still think she’s innocent read this.

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