It was quite surprising yet interesting when I watched the press conference by the National Economic Council (DEN) some time ago. The reason was that Luhut Binsar Panjaitan (LBP), …
The topic of de-dollarization has been a hot-button issue lately. De-dollarization – the effort by many countries to reduce dependence on the US dollar (USD) – is reportedly being …
Indonesia was surprised on a holiday by the issuance of the Job Creation Government Regulation in Lieu of Law (Perppu) as a replacement for the law currently being debated by the …
Discussions about increasing the use of domestic products and anti-import sentiments have long echoed among public officials. Lately, these conversations seem to be growing ever …
Global Value Chain (GVC) is a buzzword that frequently comes up among academics and consultants when discussing international trade and manufacturing growth. The essence of GVC is …
Some time ago, Twitter was abuzz about minimum wages. The trigger seemed to be news about Minister of Manpower Ida Fauziyah commenting on how high minimum wages are in Indonesia. …
Hari ini saya sarapan gado-gado. Menurut saya, gado-gado (dan bumbu kacang secara umum) adalah sebuah fenomena yang luar biasa. Meskipun kacang pertama kali diperkenalkan oleh …
Chili is one of the most important commodities in Indonesia. Indonesians love chili. Even while studying abroad, I still bought sambal because chili is just that good. It’s not …
Finally I got to upgrade my stata to Stata 17! I was looking forward to using Stata in my Python environment. This post is just me trying a PPML package (Stata, not the USITC one)