Tag: Asia

This is Real and It’s Happening with Breathtaking Speed

I’ve long since argued that democracy isn’t necessary for prosperity. Rather than railing against democracy I merely am making the point that economic liberty is more important to wealth creation than political liberty. It is a market economy that is the key to unlocking wealth. The reason this is so

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This is the Biggest Risk to the World’s Economy

It’s over a decade ago now that I first began stomping around Asia and Southeast Asia in particular… longer actually but I prefer not to age myself. At first it was simple fun and adventure – a pretty girl at my side, and the very real fact that I had

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Investing in the World’s Longest-Running Civil War

Burma has been in an almost perpetual state of civil war since 1949. Human rights violations, brutal oppression against a mostly un-armed populace, child trafficking, and living conditions I would not subject a dog to (a central banker yes… a dog no) have been synonymous with Burma since its independence

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Why I Would NEVER invest in Early-stage Infrastructure Projects

I’ve been troubled by China and how to best invest for some time now. I relocated to the Asia-Pacific region 8 years ago in order to take advantage of what I saw as a tectonic shift of wealth that was underway. There is an enormous amount of infrastructure build-out taking

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