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Sufficiency economy: ‘Why we are grateful to Thaksin’

February 5th, 2007 by Nicholas Farrelly · 3 Comments

“Thaksin Shinawatra can be proud of himself. Even though he is out there, he is still doing Thailand favours that he himself might not be able to imagine. My maid is now very keen to learn more about His Majesty the King’s sufficiency theory because she feels the prime minister in exile may have attacked [...]

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Tags: Sufficiency Economy · Surayud regime · Thailand

The business of sufficiency economy

January 22nd, 2007 by Nicholas Farrelly · 9 Comments

The Secretary-General of Thailand’s royalist Chaipattana Foundation, Sumet Tantiwechakul, has an obvious interest in the promotion of the sufficiency economy agenda.  Recently, Thaisnews paraphrased Sumet’s advice to Thai entrepreneurs:
Dr.Sumet said they should stick to His Majesty the King’s initiatives on economy, especially the Sufficiency Economy theory. The theory will help them lay sufficient investment plans based on insights [...]

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Tags: Sufficiency Economy · Thailand