JC Punongbayan
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India
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[ANALYSIS] Undoing 'false nostalgia' about the Marcos years
Lies cannot live on forever. But we cannot rest on that fact. We have our work cut out for us. → Read More
[ANALYSIS] Marcos as economic salesman: Perception vs. truth
While some investors may push through with their investments as pledged, many will see through the presidential sales talk → Read More
[OPINION] Notes from America: Capitalism with a capital C, all caps, boldface
After spending some time in the US — it’s my first trip ever — let me share this outsider’s observations. One of the things that struck me throughout was the enormity of food portions. Virtually every meal was good for two to three persons, and too often I made the mistake of ordering too much food (much to the amusement of my new friends in the study tour I joined). What is it with Americans… → Read More
[ANALYSIS] How Duterte cut off funds for his own COVID-19 response
It's like pulling the plug of a respirator even though the patient has a good chance of survival → Read More
[ANALYSIS] Divert red-tagging funds to community pantries
'If NTF-ELCAC funds are meant for local development, why not just give money to barangays without condition? Why hostage billions of pesos worth of funds on account of rebels who number, according to the military itself, less than 4,000 nationwide?' → Read More
[ANALYSIS] Why Congress needs to pass Bayanihan 3 now
'Rather than stimulating spending in huge swaths of our economy, at bottom [Bayanihan 3 is] really a measure to tide over our people and mitigate the crushing toll of the pandemic and the recession' → Read More
[ANALYSIS] Debunking the deadly lies of Duterte’s economic managers
'The biggest, most pernicious lie of all is the claim that there’s a trade-off between public health and the economy' → Read More
[ANALYSIS] Debt is rising fast, but worry more about Duterte’s spending
'Borrowing per se is not bad, especially during emergencies: when your loved one is fighting for their life at the hospital, you’d borrow money from relatives or friends just to save their life' → Read More
[ANALYSIS] The mad, reckless rush to reopen the PH economy
'rickle-down economics is essentially a scam, and Duterte’s men are hopelessly wedded to it. Give money directly to the people!' → Read More
[ANALYSIS] As food prices soar, Duterte allows return of ‘stagflation’
'To buy a kilo of pork, for instance, could set you back P400 in some places. A kilo of chicken might cost P170. And a kilo of siling labuyo could exceed P1,000.' → Read More
[ANALYSIS] Duterte’s legacy: We’re the ‘sick man of Asia’ again
'Governance makes all the difference, and Duterte’s shambolic pandemic and economic responses are both rightly to blame for the Philippine economy’s tanking' → Read More
How Duterte lawmakers are overselling economic Cha-Cha
'hy should government focus on attracting foreign investors when so many Filipino business owners are in desperate need of help — here and now?' → Read More
[ANALYSIS] Why the PH economy’s recovery will be K-shaped
A K-shaped recovery is a precipitous decline followed by diverging paths between different sectors of our economy → Read More
[ANALYSIS] Why the stronger peso mirrors a weaker PH economy
'[There's] not much demand for dollars since Filipinos aren’t traveling and investing abroad as much as they used to' → Read More
[ANALYSIS] Pandemic pushes Filipinos out of labor force, especially women
'Parents who should otherwise be working are finding themselves having to stay at home and look after their kids — especially to oversee their kids’ online education' → Read More
[ANALYSIS] Why Duterte’s corporate tax cuts won’t save PH economy
'Create will likely drain our government’s coffers' → Read More
[ANALYSIS] Under Duterte’s watch, PH economy crashes the most in ASEAN
'Why is our economy falling behind in the region so bad?' → Read More
[ANALYSIS] Filipinos aren’t so much resilient as Duterte is incompetent, abusive
'The information deficit on Typhoon Ulysses led to needless misery, caused in part by Duterte’s pointless persecution of ABS-CBN' → Read More
[ANALYSIS] Google data: Filipinos staying at home more than their ASEAN counterparts
'Clearly, reviving the economy isn’t as simple as loosening quarantine restrictions' → Read More
[ANALYSIS] 5 ways Duterte is derailing PH economy’s recovery
It’s bad enough the Philippine economy shrank by a record 16.5% in the second quarter of this year, the worst on record. Analysts also suggest we will likely suffer the worst economic contraction in ASEAN by year-end. The International Monetary Fund foresees our economy will shrink by 8.3%, while ASEAN-5 in general will shrink by only 3.4%. The Asian Development Bank estimates a 7.3%… → Read More