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Don’t we know that all that matters for reducing poverty is growth, especially after China? And therefore we development economists should focus on the things that make growth happen: Macro policy and creating the right institutional environment. And not bother with the micro evidence…
No, no, and, as the expression goes, no. Every step in [...]
Continue Reading →The parliament of the streets which saw its culmination in the Philippines at EDSA-1 on February 1986 took root shortly thereafter in places like South Korea, Thailand, Indonesia, Malaysia and even Burma. Were it not for the tanks on Tiananmen, it would have triumphed in China back in 1989. It has spread even to Eastern [...]
Continue Reading →Talk to the pundits and commentators and hear their lamentations over the sluggish fourth quarter GDP growth figures of last year. Talk to the investment analysts and you hear a very different story.
Having used up much column space last year predicting an inevitable slowdown of the growth rate, and seeing it materialize, I find [...]
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Obama’s war on Outsourcing is first about getting elected. It is about brining jobs to his voters– which is his job. It is about American confidence, and resiliency. It is about screwing with the Chinese, but mostly it is about America.
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Many talk about the culture of corruption. It has been called a cancer that eats away at the fabric of society by the religious and the secular alike. I have likened it to the multi-headed hydra in Greek mythology, irrepressible.
Continue Reading →With the release of third quarter GDP figures upsetting all but the most ardent economic apologists for this administration, the time has come for it to re-think its priorities.
The situation is nearing a critical level. As the whole of Europe is placed on credit watch and as recovery in the [...]
Continue Reading →- Metro Cebu – December 18, 2011
- Metro Davao – December 18, 2011
- Metro Manila – December 18, 2011
