neoliberal economics
Dictator Marcos: 1st PH Neoliberal President
February 25, 2022
Marcos years were not a golden era for the Philippine economy. Neoliberal policies the dictator aggressively pushed were what choked the local economy. These same policies keep the country backward and underdeveloped to date.
IMF sees Vietnam overtaking PH: It’s not because of COVID
October 15, 2020
COMMENTARY
Our economic managers would do well to stop being blinded by their neoliberal dogma and start taking a more strategic view of national development. Without radical changes in our economic policies the Philippines will just keep getting left further behind.
Economy Needing Rehabilitation
January 9, 2019
Repeal TRAIN to moderate impact of fuel prices
December 13, 2018
Read more: Despite rollbacks, TRAIN makes fuel more expensive–IBON
Next fuel excise tax tranche will sustain high prices
December 13, 2018
Read more: Despite rollbacks, TRAIN makes fuel more expensive–IBON
Fuel prices would be even lower if not for TRAIN
December 13, 2018
Read more: Despite rollbacks, TRAIN makes fuel more expensive–IBON
Pipeline Projects Under China’s ODA
November 16, 2018
After five years: Build, Build, Build a new adversary of Yolanda survivors
November 8, 2018
by Jolo Lim IBON Features – Typhoon Yolanda was a disaster of epic proportions. It became an even bigger tragedy because of government neglect and corporate opportunism. Five years after the super-typhoon, a new adversary is rising for typhoon survivors that are yet to fully recover. The Duterte administration’s Build, Build, Build program has been […]
Be bold enough to implement a meaningful wage hike, gov’t told
November 7, 2018
The new National Capital Region (NCR) minimum wage is still way below the amount that a family needs to cope with continuously rising prices, research group IBON said. The paltry increase reflects government’s refusal to institute a meaningful wage hike despite its urgency and doability. Government should instead have ordered employers to give a substantial […]
