On YouTube - Broadcast Yourself. you can view my recent Explainer show where former NEDA Chief Cielo Habito presented his views on the economy and prospects for the remainder of the year.
You can also view the following, below: first, the presentation he used on my show; the more comprehensive presentation on which it was based, which he presented at the Philippine Daily Inquirer. And after that, his presentation last year, and also, one by DLSU economist Dr. Michael Alba, from three years ago.
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Is there any original economic thought at all coming from Habito or Alba or any of our economists? It seems all the economists do is to use the textbooks of overseas economists and use them to describe how poor we are. They are descriptive economists, very good at describing. Is there any original prescription coming from economists? We have tasted all their policies for the last 50 years, and there is no hope in sight in the next 10 or 20 years for this country. We will still be a Third World country 20 years from now, doing the dirty work such as call center work, or EPZA low wage assembly work for First World countries. Foreign investors come to us to exploit our low wages. What if we charge high for our services and let the foreigners come to us for our intellectual capital not for our low-wage muscles? Any original thoughts out there?
No Asian country has achieved economic progress and development under a western style democracy. We must define the right system of government for the Philippines -- not DEMOcracy, but DEOcracy, a God-centered country with Jesus as our paramount leader. Neither capitalism or communism but communalism, where the haves share and care for the have-nots, just like how the early Christians lived. We must reverse the path laid out by Quezon for a "nation run like heaven by Filipinos" into one "run like heaven by Filipinos". Rizal exposed the "Social Cancer" in Noli Me Tangere and lamented the "Reign of Greed" in El Filibusterisimo. We must find the "Social Cure" and build the "Reign of God". Mabuhay ang Pilipino! Mabuhay ang Pilipinas! Mabuhay ang Diyos!
Madalas at matagal ko na rin iniisip kung bakit tayo mahirap at paano tayo yayaman. Bilang isang inhenyero naniniwala ako sa paggamit ng numero para maging batayan ng ating sitwasyon, problema, laki ng kailangang solusyon, resulta at progreso. Naniniwala ako sa mga teorya at science ng ekonomics. Totoo na naapektuhan tayo ng mga pangyayari sa US at sa ating region. Napakadali rin na sisihin ang ating gobyerno at mga leader dahil sa dami at pa-ulit-ulit ng kanilang kasalanan, pagkakamali at katangahan. Huwag lang nating kakalimutan tingnan ang ating sarili at ating lipunan dahil ang pinakamalaking katotohanan ay kung ano man ang Pilipinas ay dahil sa ating Pilipino at kung ano man ang hinaharap Pilipinas ay kung ano gugustuhin natin.
Kung iisahin mo talaga ang problema hindi ito matapos. Ang diaspora ng mga Pilipino ngayon ay dahil naiisip lang ng Pilipino sa kanilang bansa ay isang malaking problema na dapat sana ay iniisp natin kung ano gusto natin ang Pilipinas maging.
Kung walang ambisyon ang Pilipinas, magiging biktima sya ng ambisyon ng ibang bansa gaya na nangyari sa atin sa panahon ng Espanya, Amerika at Hapon.
Inasam natin na umalis ang mga dayuhan sa ating bayan at natupad yon. Inasam natin na maging malaya at natupad yon. Pano na ngayon? Kung kailangan natin ng mga konting bayani na magtuturo sa atin sa tamang direksyon, nagtatawag na ako ng hamon. Ako meron na akong plano sa Pilipinas. Kayo ano pangarap nyo sa Pilipinas?
Good ideas, thanks for putting this on your blog.
We have tasted all their policies for the last 50 years, and there is no hope in sight in the next 10 or 20 years for this country. We will still be a Third World country 20 years from now, doing the dirty work such as call center work, or EPZA low wage assembly work for First World countries.
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We have tasted all their policies for the last 50 years, and there is no hope in sight in the next 10 or 20 years for this country. We will still be a Third World country 20 years from now, doing the dirty work such as call center work, or EPZA low wage assembly work for First World countries..Adereview Forum