KEMISKINAN: SEBAB STRUKTURAL DAN RESEP TEKNOKRATIS UNTUK MENGHAPUSKANNYA

Abstract

There are in Indonesian economy big discrepancies of the nominal per capita National
Income and its Purchasing Power Parity with a ratio of 1:5, meaning that the real economy is indeed bigger than what is reported. The very low wages and income of the lowest strata including farmers are indication that the state is being subsidized by its people. This discrepancy can and must be corrected, in stages through “structural correction”.
The relationship with foreign economies must not be “in their terms” but eventually to
become “on our term”. National interest must be given priority in all international
relations, and program with IMF should be terminated as soon as possible without serious
negative impacts to the Indonesian economy.

Keywords: Economic nationalism, self-reliance.