neoliberal policies

Urgent priorities

July 2, 2022

Marcos Jr has not been very specific about his plans for the economy. Still, it is already clear that his administration will continue the Duterte legacy and failed neoliberal policies instead of reforming them.

New admin needs new policies to fix old problems — IBON

June 30, 2022

As the next president is inaugurated and the new administration is ushered in, new policies are desperately needed to fix old economic problems that worsened under the Duterte administration.

Foreign Powers Supported Tyrant Marcos

February 25, 2022

The Marcos years were an unmitigated tragedy and having its unrepentant vestiges in the political scene is an affirmation of how much still needs to be done to overturn elite and undemocratic rule. The grip of neoliberalism on the country which started under Marcos needs to be underscored as its real economic legacy for the […]

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.

Neoliberal PH underdevelopment

December 17, 2021

Economic policies determine economic outcomes – and the Philippine economy is the way it is by design, not by accident.

Who is afraid of degrowth?
A Global South economic perspective

October 12, 2021

Environmental scientists, economists, academics and social movements have been talking about “degrowth” as an approach in dealing with the climate crisis. The concept makes perfect sense, but it has provoked doubts and objections, even among well-meaning environmentalists.

Golden years?: The real long-lasting economic damage wrought by Marcos

September 21, 2021

The Marcos administration was notorious for world-beating cronyism and corruption. But this is not enough to fully explain the worst economic collapse in Philippine history and continued decline long after the dictatorship was overthrown.