Metropolis Opinion

Prolog;To open my stupid metropolis opinion; I have simple question for us to answer and discussion together; which Countries give Marlboro Lucky Strikes profit? And Why Poor Countries are the biggest cigarettes market segment? Or why Poor Countries consume the biggest portion of Global Cigarettes Production?

Japanese Television and Newspapers launched the news that Government has been making good constitution about Smokers maniac. Government prohibited smoker to do their hobby; smoking in public area (public goods areas). The Government also provides the limited areas for smoker. Funny story from Japanese news that government makes a narrow room, transparent with glasses for smokers, so we can see smokers sit and enjoy the cigarettes. The Japanese government targeting those smokers will be shy because people can see smokers freely.

The case also happened in Europe and America. Government prohibits and does some actions explicitly based on relating regulations. The regulation is working so far. Health is the main and important reason why governments in many countries do the regulation; limiting and reducing quantity smokers. Full Article »

I don’t know where to start my stupid opinion about my friend. He is my best friend, so I must write careful and respectful so he doesn’t angry to me.
The story came from four months ago. Here is the story.
When I contacted my friends through Yahoo Messenger, He asked about my job and what are my daily job and activities. He surprised with my internet connection. He thought I am rich now.
I told him that I did my new job, Online Marketing (he amazed) I did with my websites. He laughed me much and said that, are you playing Google Adsense? I showed him my websites so he could look for better, where is my core online marketing business.
Where is your Google Adsense? He confused because all of my websites have no Google Adsense and others click programs. Where is your Adsense, Jacky? He started to get a serious answer.

(I forget; previously he said that if I enter your websites and click those click programs, you get the money and I don’t.)
My friend has short brain, I think. He just know that click programs are where somebody click the ads, you get money. The philosophy is not simple like he thought. They get paid because afford to give those information there. Information about everything.
Because of my friend’s mind; I think many people outside also thought the same as my friends. They might be thinking that Click Programs is only I got money if someone click the ads. Full Article »

Tracy Chapman, my female-blues-singer fan; has launched a great song for me on this album Telling Stories. The song is Paper and Ink! All of his albums charmed me; previously my friend introduced Tracy to me ten years ago.I knew one thing; the singer is a male because of the sound. Tracy was laying me! Huaa huaa huaa!

Back to topic! Tracy said, Money is only paper and ink! So don’t greedy and don’t be arrogant with money; don’t show to people if you have money.

Money makes us stay alive. All of us agree that. Money feed me and money can make us to feces nicely. We need money as well us we need love and we need heaven with our honest activities to others. Money is important for us.

When oil supply is running low, and external factors makes oil price run high, investor look this phenomena as money purpose; money target, so they are fight force, greedy to get more money with their money in stock market, forex (exchange market), Commodities market and more. They greedy to get more money while suffering others.

Do you agree with me, agree with a stupid metropolis opinion that in crucial case Investor behavior hurt others? Investors hurt net oil importer countries. Yes! While oil price is running high and uncertainly, investors take profit. High oil price make poor countries governments rearrange their budget; oil price also strike business cost. High in Cost of Production make them reduce their employees; reduce labor, so unemployment is getting high. Labors make demonstrate to oppose the fired.

Business is in red line; they have two choices; reduce employees, or increase their products price. Hard Choice!!

First choice; if they fired more labor, they responsibility to unemployment and the second one is more difficult, increase their price products. While consumers have lower PPP (purchasing power parity), higher price is no good because they will lose their market segment, lose or lower in profit, ECT. Full Article »

Economists know Adam Smith as Economic Father, Father of Trade and Father of Specialization.

He had popular slogan, if you want to be rich, Trade now! Smith believes that through Trading, a nation can be rich. His phenomenal book, The Wealth of Nation gives us rich information, information about how a nation can be reach. Adam Smith is also called as Father of Colonialism, because though his idea, the wealth of nations, WEST turn to war, conqueror nation with high resources. Smith is sounder of Mercantile Thought, Gold as Wealth and Rich Symbol. Gold in Africa had been extinct, Yellow Sandalwood too in my island Flores and many place with High recourses will charmed WEST.

Smith thought covered to Specialization. He said, we can win (surplus) with other nation if our Cost is lowest. The battle is how much cost (money) you spent to produce INPUT to OUTPUT.

The implementation of his thought is Absolute Advantages. Absolute advantages could be read as Lower Cost to produce. If you have much wool than your neighbor, please sell the wool or you can produce any good that came from the INPUT WOOL. I think that is an Adam Smith Implementation. Full Article »