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Capitalism Upon COVID-19

December 25, 2020

Duterte admin banning aid to hide human rights violations

September 24, 2019

It is offending China, not war, that Pres. Duterte is avoiding – IBON

July 27, 2019

Features

Features/ Commentary | On a historical scale, there’s no doubt that the world is changing for the better. There’s too much creativity, energy and bravery committed to that for it to be otherwise.

Winds of democracy in the Philippines

November 30, 2020

Features | We may survive the pandemic, but we are headed towards even greater downward pressure on wages and working conditions amid greater repression of organized labor. We are headed towards increasing compulsion of capitalists to seek rapid growth at all costs, including environmental and social costs.

Neoliberalism and our multiple crises in the COVID era: Dare to struggle, dare to win

November 1, 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.

IMF sees Vietnam overtaking PH: It’s not because of COVID

October 15, 2020

BY ROSARIO GUZMAN

In the face of the Filipino people’s growing anxieties about COVID-19 and life after the lockdown, president Duterte keeps heaping praises on China.

Why do we keep on begging China for friendship?

April 21, 2020

POLICY NOTE

The coronavirus pandemic and the expansive efforts to address it are new and unprecedented. But they also exposed many old problems that have always been there.

Dealing with COVID-19: Just reboot the economy?

March 30, 2020

BY SONNY AFRICA

The policy question is not how to attract foreign investment at all costs. Rather, it is asking what needs to be done for foreign capital to genuinely contribute to the country’s long-term economic development.

Global crisis even less reason for charter change

September 28, 2019

Infographics

China’s energy investments around the world