The ideas of Anek Laothamatas, the former leader of the Mahachon Party, are given a full airing in a recent Nation article. The article paraphrases Anek in a surprising way. I can’t find a transcript of the comments and so can’t confirm precisely how he related “sufficiency economy” to “populism”.
The Nation reports Anek as saying:
Globalisation and the sufficiency-economy [...]
Sufficiency economy = populism?
February 18th, 2007 by Nicholas Farrelly · 1 Comment
Tags: Coup · Sufficiency Economy · Surayud regime · Thailand
In sufficient clothing
February 18th, 2007 by Andrew Walker · 10 Comments
A New Mandala exclusive. Actress and Thammasat university student Chotiros Suriyawong is rumoured to have denied rumours that she was rumoured to be appointed cultural spokeswoman for the Surayud-CNS government. Rumours had been sparked by the appointment of Thaksinomic guru Somkid Jatusripitak as regime spokesman on sufficiency economy. A regime insider allegedly told New Mandala: “if [...]
Tags: Snapshots · Surayud regime · Thailand