There's no such thing as a free lunch...Or is there?
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
He is on the TV adverts on Global every Saturday night during the footy, now whether he is in a suit of armor riding through the forest I could not say.
ReplyDeleteYes, glad someone else has noticed this - it really gets on my nerves that he would promote cigarettes to Indonesian kids.
ReplyDeleteLast year it was Torres - hope Ferdinand takes a similar dip in form - oh he already has....
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ReplyDeletei kinda agree with u..Man U and Rio probably didnt know what the ad was for!
ReplyDeleteBreaking news: I linked to this page on a Guardian thread about why Roy Hodgson wasn't taking Rio to Euro 2012.
ReplyDeleteThe Guardian have bigged up the story, including YouTube links, and today (17.6.12) it's front page news on the Sunday Observer.
Read it here.