Bank Central Asia (BCA), once the biggest private bank and the best-run in Indonesia, is finally sold to Farallon Capital. The bank, built by Indonesian businessmen is now under the control of a foreign investor.

Is this the first step towards becoming a nation of coolies? That's how Amien Rais, a political scientist who rose to become Speaker of the People's Consultative Assembly (MPR) despite the fact his party garnered only 7 percent of t