THE PARADOX OF THAILAND DIGITAL ECONOMY: WILL THAI GOVERNMENT MOVE FORWARD OR STAY REMAIN?

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nuntnidhi bongsbodhidhamma

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This essay is a preview on various forms of governmental decision making by adopting public management as a strategic decision framework by Politt and Bouckaert (2000). Drawing scene setting by digital economy focusing on sharing economy in developmental states, the critical review put the combination of clientelism political and rent-seeking activity into the debate where mislead government decision making into unfairness resource distribution in market. The essay is more concreted by applying a banned of sharing urban mobility service which using the online platform in Thailand. However, there is no final position from the author.
In fact, the authors humbly leave a short reminder that any decision making should base from the public interest.

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