Category: economy
An Economic Report from the Republic of Noy’s Brain
By Ben Kritz In the country which exists inside the mind of Dear Leader Aquino the economic situation is actually pretty good, as he explained in an interview reported by the Philstar yesterday: The Philippine economy is now focused on … Continue reading
Occupy Wall Street, shades of the sixties
Occupy Wall Street reminds me of the youth unrest in America in the mid 1960s through the ’70s. except that then (like it was here), the youth were not as focused, i guess because of the drugs, the sex, and … Continue reading
Rent seeking
By Calixto V. Chikiamco What’s wrong with Philippine society is that its economic system is primarily characterized by rent seeking. So, what’s rent seeking? It’s the non-market extraction of surplus or profit. It means the profit is generated from licenses, … Continue reading
new year wish 2011
clinton’s campaign strategist carville was right, “it’s the economy, stupid” that won clinton the presidency in 1992, trumping bush senior’s foreign policy high from the “successful” gulf war. here at home it would seem that the president and his men … Continue reading
g-20, apec, aquino, and the peso
MANILA, Philippines—Six Filipino activists who had planned to take part in alternative meetings that are set to run parallel to the G20 summit in South Korea have been deported from Seoul, their colleagues said on Sunday. … The activists were … Continue reading
Why Fighting Corruption Is Not Enough
By Walden Bello After nine years of witnessing increasing poverty among the masses and spiraling corruption in high places, it is understandable that Filipinos see a strong correlation between corruption and poverty. And the judgment of many is probably correct … Continue reading
the irresponsible filipino elite
i’ve been fretting over, and collecting columns about, the yawning gap between the few filipino rich and the manymanymany filipino poor for some time now, wondering why other southeast asian countries are able to bridge lessen / shrink the gap, … Continue reading
last-minute blues
there must be another way of handling the comelec registration process. alam naman natin na may last-minute mentality ang pinoy. comelec should have expected, and prepared for, the swarm instead of saying, kayo kasi… lalo na’t merong concessions made to … Continue reading
environment 9: sustainable devt
SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT AS SPIRITUAL AND REVOLUTIONARY PRAXIS Junie Kalaw Toward the end of this century as of the last one, dramatic changes have taken place under the impact of, among others, the industrial revolution, two world wars, struggles for political … Continue reading
environment 7: denr & the poor
THE DENR & SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT (Why The Poor Will Always Be With Us) Junie Kalaw In Mindanao, two years after her historic succession to the presidency, President Aquino, a very religious person, appealed for the help of the citizenry, especially institutions … Continue reading
environment 4: forests left
FORESTS LEFT Junie Kalaw Traditional politics dies hard. Upon Mrs. Aquino’s exit, with the convening by President Fidel V. Ramos of a new legislature and the appointment of a new secretary for the Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR), … Continue reading
environment 3: forests gone
FORESTS GONE (In Defense of Kaingineros) Junie Kalaw In 1863, after three hundred years of free access to forests for all, natives and Spaniards alike, the Inspeccion General de Montes was created by royal decree to keep track of, and … Continue reading