We beg to differ.
Certain “thought leaders” are issuing shrill commentary on the economic fallout from the COVID-19 pandemic and the resulting lockdowns aimed to mitigate its effects. The fact is, most if not …
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People march back into their respective workplaces ready to face the New Year once again like they always have. Whether this New Year will be a better one is a …
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First let’s do the math and take stock of the science. It takes big bucks, and lots of intellectual capital to develop a vaccine — more so to do it …
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When critics of any sitting Philippine government see money being spent on public works, the first thought always goes to “that money could have been spent helping the poor”. That’s …
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Nothing necessarily bad about agrarian societies though these get their bad rep from their association with the Third World and “underdevelopment”. Some “economists” would measure “modernisation” in terms of the …
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Filipinos can no longer rely on their traditional gravy trains — OFWism, work outsourced from the First World, foreign investment, and foreign aid — to prop up their labour-added-value economy. …
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The Covid-19 pandemic has forced humanity to practice isolation as an attempt to avoid infection. Government officials have advised the public to not go out except for essential business. And …
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One thing the COVID-19 pandemic is teaching the world is that it is important for communities, both at local and at national levels, to be self sufficient. The drastic equalising …
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