By Nonoy Plas, Minimal Government Thinkers, Inc

Original article - http://funwithgovernment.blogspot.com/2013/05/efn-asia-19-chatib-basri-as-new-finance.html

Topic of the article adjusted by EFN Asia

A friend whom I met during the Economic Freedom Network (EFN) Asia conference in Hong Kong in 2004, Chatib "Dede" Basri, has been appointed yesterday as the Finance Minister by Indonesian President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono.

In his presentation nine years ago in HK, I remember that two of his slides showed a quote from Adam Smith,

[The rich] consume little more than the poor… They are led by an invisible hand … and thus without intending it, without knowing it, advance the interest of the society, and afford means to the multiplication of the species.

And from Milton Friedman, something like "The politicians and bureaucrats, they are led by an invisible hand and without intending it, without knowing it, advance their own interest over that of society."

Unirule Twentieth Anniversary Celebration will be held in Beijing on July 26th, 2013. When the time comes, national well-known scholars and business leaders as well as political circles will be invited to participate in the anniversary celebration. As the most influential and independent think tank, Unirule upholds its spirits of supporting and promoting high quality research and studies on economic theory as well as analyzing social and economic problems.

By Bienvenido “Nonoy” Oplas, Jr., Head of Minimal Government Thinkers, Inc.

* This article is featured in the cover of the magazine, in the May 2013 issue

Attaining peace and economic prosperity for all people around the world is a dream that any institution in the planet, private or government, should aspire. They can disagree on how this can be done but the goal should be common to all.

And securing peace and prosperity in Asia is of utmost concern more than in any other regions or continents in the planet. Why?