A Booming Economy

Economic growth is enjoyed mostly by the middle and upper class. It’s easy for them to become more prosperous.

November 26, 2007

PRASHA Farizi is one of those well-heeled young men. Although only 26, he easily amasses wealth in the tens of millions of rupiah each month. A house and a car of his own were acquired in the space of three years of working, helping his parents in their coal mining business in South Kalimantan.

Prasha is grateful for the improved economy. The rise of the coal price in the world has jacked up his company’s profits many times over. Imagine, tod

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