Extracts from today’s The Nation:
Kosit outlines idea of sufficiency economy
Deputy Prime Minister and Industry Minister Kosit Panpiemras said the interim government would ensure the public participation and social harmony in its economic policy to avoid the mistake done by the previous government.
…My idea of sufficiency economy which means that we would like to add quality in to the development process. In short, the application of sufficiency economy can mean different things to different people to different sectors of the economy. It’s the same objective that makes development more sustainable and add the better stronger risk management and add more importance to things like governance and quality of life, those kind of things will be introduced.
Well that’s clear now!
7 responses so far ↓
1 Ant // Nov 10, 2006 at 10:41 pm
It is appropriately fluid enough in definition as to enable it to be mobilised in all manner of legitimation of the povety of the poor…Song Phra Charoen…khondio…
2 Vichai N // Nov 12, 2006 at 12:42 am
Ant “legitimation of povety of the poor”. Your English and your conclusion disgust, filled with misspellings and misdirections. Have you been listening to Dr. Andrew Walker too about Dr. Walker’s personal theory on the subject?
It shows Ant . . it shows.
3 nganadeeleg // Nov 12, 2006 at 9:37 am
Chang Noi said it best in The Nation:
‘The Sufficiency Economy is not so much a theory about how the world works, more a set of simple maxims about what brings success, based on practical experience. Know what you’re doing. Act honestly. Work hard. Exercise moderation. Apply insight. Build up inner resilience.’
How does that legitimise the poverty of the poor?
OK I see it now – ‘acting honestly’, that might have kept some people poor.
4 Ant // Nov 12, 2006 at 9:54 am
Only the truly right wing care HOW something is said, the non-fascist is concerned more with content, Vichai…alternatively the non-native speaker wishes to present a facade of “siwilai” that requires visible effort…say to point out other’s limitations…?
If the theory I am using is Dr Andrew Walker’s then I am guilty of a “thought crime”. As we have played patty cake on numerous occassions Vichai…a policy that says “just what you need economy” doesn’t have any road plan for THOSE WHO DON’T HAVE ENOUGH nor does it account for the international dimensions of what constitutes “enough”, rather it is conveniently limited to the architect’s own notions and as is evident under the present dictatorship what constitutes enough is strangely moral and seems to me to be more about establishing a new order of elite control…if yo don’t agree then sue me.
5 Ant // Nov 12, 2006 at 6:57 pm
acting honestly certainly will ensure a limited amount of wealth in Thailand but so will being already poor and in massive debt with out any sign of let up as those who could make a substantial difference to the situation are effectively saying “let them eat cake” …the author of these words of course getting their just desert…
6 Frustrated // Nov 12, 2006 at 8:56 pm
“It’s the same objective that makes development more sustainable and add the better stronger risk management and add more importance to things like governance and quality of life, those kind of things will be introduced” I just understand that those things that he mentioned never existed in Thailand before this coup and the junta who runs the country just only acquired these ideas and introduce them into Thailand after they robbed the power from us. Previous governments, senior civil servants, senior military staffs including most if not all of the Junta members and supporters who controlled public policies of this country were all stupid. Only the junta members have gained enlightenment after they are in power by guns and tanks which they try to protect by the same means.
7 Vichai N // Nov 12, 2006 at 10:30 pm
Andrew Walker: are Ant and Frustrated your disciples? Have you been teaching these two poor blokes your convoluted English style?
Why can’t people write straight simple understandable properly spelled English these days?
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