Invisible poverty, trivial solutions

Agosto 22, 2022

The most fundamental cause of poverty is in how the overwhelming majority of Filipinos only have low value-added and low productivity work. This is not for lack of individual effort or capacity but because of the structure of the economy distorted by neoliberal policies.

Expanded social protection

Agosto 5, 2022

Bolder spending needed amid joblessness, lost savings

Agosto 5, 2022

Duterte Legacy?

Hunyo 1, 2022

The economy that the Duterte administration painted in its final report was a fantasy. It omitted important numbers that show how it wasn’t an economy that worked for ordinary Filipinos. Download the landscape version of the infographic here.

The scourge of price hikes

Abril 16, 2022

Prices keep rising, cash subsidies are limited, and real wages keep falling. The situation will not get better if the government does not acknowledge that the rampant jobs crisis and worsening poverty are huge problems that require big solutions.

Economic development felt by ordinary Filipinos?

Abril 6, 2022

Philippine economy suffered under Marcos

Pebrero 26, 2022

The decade 1975-1986 was actually a time of intense social crisis and economic difficulty for most Filipinos.

PH upper middle income by end 2022?: Just a number – IBON

Pebrero 12, 2022

The “upper-middle income” country status that the Duterte government is hoping to achieve this year is just a number. Even if reached, this is an empty achievement amid the weakest economy and worst joblessness in decades and will just reflect the prosperity of an elite few.

Yearstarter: Seeking better normal in 2022

Enero 14, 2022

The administration that is exiting and the new one entering can take a more rational and humane approach to recovering and reforming the economy.