President George W. Bush On His Presidency and Life ...

"My mother still tells me what to do..." Bush He may be unpopular at times, but he is simple: he has his beliefs and stand by them...

[Continue reading...]

International Relation International Politics នយោបាយអន្តរជាតិ

កាលខ្ញុំនៅសកលវិទ្យាល័យកូបិ ខ្ញុំមាមសំណាងរៀនជាមួយគ្រូម្នាក់គាត់មកពីUN ម៉ោងនយោបាយអន្តរជាតិ. គាត់លើកឧ.ពីការមិនអេីពេីពីសហគមន៍អន្តរជាតិ ពេលមានការប្រល័យពូជសាសន៍ ជាដើម នៅប្រទេសនានា។ គាត់ដាក់សំនួរថា "តើកត្តាអ្វីសំខាន់ជាងគេ ក្នុងការសម្រេចចិត្ត? "  ខ្ញុំនិងសិស្សផ្សេងៗ ឆ្លើយផ្សេងៗតែខុសដូចគ្នា។ ខ្លះថា "មនុស្សធម៍ " ខ្លះថា " ការគោរពច្បាប់អន្តរជាតិ"... គាត់ថា មិនខុសទេ គ្រាន់តែកត្តាសំខាន់ជាងគេគឺផ្សេង។ គាត់សរសេរពាក្យ 国益 ប្រែថា "ប្រយោជន៍"។  ខ្ញុំភ្ញាក់ខ្លួនព្រឺត...

[Continue reading...]

My Summary of Fukuyama's Political Order and Political Decay

The first book I read that contains so long list of reference is Basic Economics of Thomas Sowell. When I read this book, I was surprised that it ended at 70% of its Kindle version. Another 30% is the long list of reference. Clearly,...

[Continue reading...]

A Review on The Commanding Height

As its title suggests, in this book the authors attempt to contemplate on who should control your life, who should run the economy, or how laws should be based on. This is the never-ending debate on big government versus small government, Keynesianism versus Classical Economics, liberal democracy versus communism, dictatorship, monarchy you name it. For those who are curious how popular economics can change life, this book is...

[Continue reading...]

A Note on From Dictatorship to Democracy

In Why Nations Fail or related topics especially those of economic development or political science, we cannot see how to develop a country suppose you were a victim in a failed country. At least you are not the leader of a country [you would not read this piece of writing if you were!]. This book attempts to give guidelines, at least hope, for the victims, the suppressed, of dictatorship to topple dictatorship to set up a lasting...

[Continue reading...]

Hun Sen's Cambodia: review

The author discusses issues in this book in his journalistic professionalism, not in political or economic models. In most parts, he interviewed relevant persons, told stories and most importantly stuck to main points. Through...

[Continue reading...]

The Constitution of Liberty

The book as well as the author are well-known but not as one would expect, although the ideas have changed the world in a great extent. Most students of economics do not even know his name. Some professors do hear his name but never actually read his books. That is my experience while I studied in Japan as well as of today when I asked people around me about that... Of course, if you read only textbooks, you would probably never...

[Continue reading...]

Free to Choose

Prof. Mankiw of Harvard has written two worldly popular textbooks in economics: Principles of Economics and Macroeconomics. There are many universities and professors who use his textbooks in classrooms. In my university, Kobe University, his textbooks are popular for undergraduate and graduate levels. I enormously like his books, and that is where I got to know the book Free to Choose.    In his note on his further...

[Continue reading...]

The End of History and the Last Man

What does it mean by The End of History? and the Last Man? Both expressions are highly correlated. Although the author, Francis Fukuyama, does not quote Ibrahim Maslow, his arguments follow him closely while debating with old time philosophers such as Hegel, Karl Marx, Plato, Socrates etc. While Maslow depicts human needs in order from basic to the need of recognition, political philosophers emphasize that those needs shape...

[Continue reading...]