Trump’s hyper-neoliberalism

Abril 21, 2025

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While the Trump administration represents a rupture from neoliberal globalization, its protectionist stance reflects a deeper continuity. Trump is not repudiating neoliberalism but rather accelerating and concentrating it.

Who will stand with the poor?

Abril 19, 2025

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The 2025 elections shall be a game-changer. It shall make us learn the hard way that real democratic change through elections will come when we find policymakers and leaders who are working with the poor in their daily difficulties, in their struggles for a better nation.

US PH Tariff: Govt’s misguided optimism

Abril 16, 2025

The Philippine government has taken a simplistic view of the tariff imposition.

Trump 2.0: The Emperor’s New Clothes

Abril 14, 2025

The US is undergoing a radical transition from decades of accustomed grand strategies – one that requires a political figure disruptive enough to force that change.

Critical Health Bar

Abril 12, 2025

While I felt relieved to finally have a diagnosis and a treatment plan, I still had to figure out how to afford it.

Rice cartels: They who should be named

Abril 11, 2025

The Rice Tariffication Law has allowed unscrupulous traders to proliferate which would explain why rice prices stay high even if all other factors indicate that prices should be lower.

What’s not being said about PH employment

Abril 11, 2025

The actual situation of millions of Filipinos, not official statistics, are the main determinant of how bad the jobs situation is.

What’s new with the transport sector?

Abril 10, 2025

Transport Sec. Dizon’s not-so-fresh approach is only reminiscent of the people’s past traumas with privatized transport infrastructure development.

Worsening informality behind rise in employment – IBON

Abril 8, 2025

Worsening jobs informality and lack of gainful work is driving the rise in employment and big decline in underemployment as indicated in the latest official data.