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Tag: Rudy Romero

Removing bad presidents

"After Trump, who’s next?"   The November 3, 2020 decision of the electorate of the U.S. to vote Donald J. Trump out of the White House...

Next two months will decide 2021 GDP growth

"The first signs of recovery still are not visible, and they appear unlikely to be visible anytime soon."   Until the beginning of this year the...

Why government’s 2021 GDP growth target is unrevised

"I urge the economic managers to abandon the 6.5-7.5 percent GDP growth target and replace it with a more realistic pair of figures" At the...

Fiscal problems are not solved by monetary policy

"Placing funds—purchasing power—in the hands of businesses and individuals is the answer."   The governor of the Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas was absolutely right when he...

The China factor In Palaweños’ rejection of partition

"What a magnificent decision. Bravo."   Since the convening of the First Congress, legislators have filed and obtained approval of bills seeking the partitioning of long-unitary...

Alphabet of the pandemic

"It presents a grim and melancholic picture."   If the words and phrases closely associated with the current world health crisis were arranged in sequence from...

All government import decisions should involve DTI

"The agency cannot be a mere bystander."   Of the P4.5 trillion worth of expenditures embodied in the national budget (General Appropriations Act) for 2021, at...

Remembering Joaquin G. Bernas, S.J.

"He was warm, jovial and decent."   Filipinos who received their legal education from Ateneo de Manila University’s Law School are bound to remember Joaquin G....

Sugar industry: No excess, therefore no exports

"I hope it is possible to have a purposeful dialogue with SRA."   The Philippine Sugar Millers Association (PSMA), whose members comprise the majority of the...

No completely free enterprise economies left

"Republicans and other Trump-type Americans probably believe that socialism is essentially anti-democracy."   After four years of Donald Trump in the White House, candidate Joe Biden...

The third millennium’s first two decades

"Numerous bad things have already happened."   Having endured a thousand-year period that was visited by the Black Death and other pestilences, experienced the excesses of...

Needed: A Cagayan Valley Development Authority

"This is a lesson we learned from the typhoon."   A powerful river is a blessing for a country. The more powerful the river, the many...

The probable shape of the recovery curve

"It will depend on three factors."     If the recovery of an economy from a recession is defined as the gradual diminution of its GDP (Gross...

The most significant events of 2020

"They can be summed up in six words."   The most significant events in the country in the year that ends today can be summed up...
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