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Purbaya’s aggressive fiscal shift: Growth at what cost?
Academia 4 months ago

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Purbaya’s aggressive fiscal shift: Growth at what cost?

Finance Minister Purbaya has pivoted toward an aggressive, pro-growth fiscal strategy that breaks from years of cautious discipline. However, using reserve cash and central bank surpluses to fund this vision may jeopardize Indonesia’s long-term institutional stability and debt credibility.
Indonesia-US defense cooperation: Between national interest and geopolitical pressures
Academia 4 months ago

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Indonesia-US defense cooperation: Between national interest and geopolitical pressures

Indonesia’s deepening military ties with the United States represent a high-stakes balancing act between necessary defense modernization and the preservation of its foundational "free and active" sovereign identity.
The great correction: Seismic changes in Indonesian stock market
Academia 4 months ago

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The great correction: Seismic changes in Indonesian stock market

After a geopolitical shock and a transparency crisis, the Indonesian stock market is undergoing a painful but necessary evolution toward global standards.
Enough talking
Editorial 5 months ago

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Enough talking

If the President is serious about “the highest actors”, he should immediately mandate a clear, time-bound investigative architecture that prevents the case from being diluted by institutional turf wars.
Platform workers need more than algorithmic transparency
Academia 5 months ago

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Platform workers need more than algorithmic transparency

Digital labor platforms in Indonesia are moving beyond simple coordination to a model of "digital Taylorism" that monetizes driver dependence. To protect workers, regulation must shift its focus from surface-level pricing transparency to the underlying algorithmic power structures that govern their daily lives.
KPK's 'special treatment'
Editorial 5 months ago

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KPK's 'special treatment'

The KPK's holiday move to transfer a high-profile graft suspect to temporary house arrest could set a dangerous precedent for preferential treatment and risk backsliding in the country's fight against graft.
Prabowo and the military
Editorial 5 months ago

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Prabowo and the military

As the TNI moves toward high alert seemingly without a presidential mandate, Indonesia’s hard-won civilian supremacy faces its most critical test yet.
Fossil fuel subsidy reform is now a fiscal imperative
Academia 5 months ago

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Fossil fuel subsidy reform is now a fiscal imperative

Reforming fossil fuel subsidies is no longer just an environmental or efficiency goal; it is a matter of fiscal survival of the country. 
Demutualization, state and market: Who guides the guide?
Academia 6 months ago

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Demutualization, state and market: Who guides the guide?

Healthy markets rely on a paradox. They are built by the state but function best when the state does not dominate their day-to-day outcomes.
OJK’s dual mandate is the problem, credibility is key
Academia 6 months ago

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OJK’s dual mandate is the problem, credibility is key

To restore Indonesia’s market credibility, the OJK must stop trying to be both a cheerleader and a policeman, because a regulator tasked with protecting growth will always be too conflicted to enforce the law.

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