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Big societal changes require big state interventions
Academia 1 year ago

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Big societal changes require big state interventions

We are in an era where charisma trumps reason-based discussions and people become hypnotized by social media.
Transforming Indonesia’s core values: Lessons from the gas pricing challenge
Academia 1 year ago

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Transforming Indonesia’s core values: Lessons from the gas pricing challenge

Domestic gas prices remain high due to the complexity of Indonesia’s energy market, a system trapped in feedback loops that policymakers continue to address with short-sighted measures.
The crucial role of opposition in safeguarding democracy
Academia 1 year ago

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The crucial role of opposition in safeguarding democracy

The reelection of Puan Maharani, the PDI-P deputy chair, as the House speaker on Tuesday is sending a strong message that the party will eventually shift to the ruling coalition.
Jokowi’s policies amid regime maneuvers and party paralysis
Academia 2 years ago

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Jokowi’s policies amid regime maneuvers and party paralysis

The root of the unaffordable housing problem is the incredible rate at which house prices have increased over the last decade, which is much faster than the increase in the income of the poor.
Tobacco control: Logic is marginalized, scientific evidence is futile
Academia 2 years ago

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Tobacco control: Logic is marginalized, scientific evidence is futile

In managing the country's tobacco industry, all rational considerations are crushed by economic-industrial dictums with populist mantras such as job creation and tax and excise contributions, to contributions to the state budget.
Prabowo rebrands ‘free lunch’ program
Politics 2 years ago

Prabowo rebrands ‘free lunch’ program

The 72-year-old former army general announced the change on Wednesday in a segment with local broadcaster TVOne, one of the first sit-down interviews he has given to local press since his landslide election victory.
Is viral the new criteria in research for policymaking?
Academia 2 years ago

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Is viral the new criteria in research for policymaking?

While discussions on social media is one way to engage the public in policymaking, the powers that be should not wait for a problematic policy to go viral, and instead involve public participation before as part of the process.
Calls mount for more meaningful public participation in policymaking
Society 2 years ago

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Calls mount for more meaningful public participation in policymaking

The government is facing mounting pressure to engage more deeply with the public and experts in policymaking amid criticism that it only considers public input when issues go viral on social media.
Strengthening new paradigm of regional taxes and retributions
Academia 2 years ago

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Strengthening new paradigm of regional taxes and retributions

The belated controversy over the entertainment tax rates show that the central government, in particular the financial and home ministries, must take an active role in building the capacities of regional administrations to draft implementing regulations that involve meaningful public participation.
Time to overcome our male Javanese Muslim bias
Academia 2 years ago

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Time to overcome our male Javanese Muslim bias

Issues of diversity, including gender and ethnicity, are increasingly salient in Indonesia. However, policymakers have failed to overcome the bias at both the personal and institutional level, which perpetuates inequality.

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