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Tag: Rudy Romero

Policymakers’ dilemma in a health-related crisis

"They were not taught these things in their economics and finance classes."   The coronavirus pandemic is creating a two-headed problem for governments. Economic policymakers are being forced...

A touch of parliamentary governance

"That’s what the Duterte-Go relationship is."     Most Filipinos interested in parliamentary democracy, whether as advocates or opponents, probably don't realize that they have, for some...

2020 scorecard: Good Q1, very bad Q2

"With the lockdown, almost all economic activity in the ECQ areas ground to a halt."   There are still three weeks in June, but in view...

Government regulation is a year-round thing

"Were the concerned regulatory agencies sleeping on the job?"   After reading the quo warranto petition filed in February by the Solicitor General against ABS-CBN and...

Key elements of an anti-Covid strategy

"Management, fiscal policy, consumer sentiment"     There are many things that people still don’t know about the virus that has been virtually ravaging the whole universe....

From ECQ to GCQ: A calculated risk

"We pray the shift would turn out right for the Philippine economy."   After locking the National Capital Region down for six weeks, the government has...

The key to Balik Probinsya success

"The architects of the Balik Probinsiya program may be considered recidivists."   The government has put in place a Balik Probinsiya program as part of its...

Unemployment insurance in Filipino workers’ future?

"For now, Filipino workers rendered jobless by COVID-19 have to settle for Social Amelioration Program payments."   The recently concluded contest for the position of Democratic...

Restarting an economy prematurely: possible outcome

"The rush to restart economies can only end in one of three ways."   Steps toward economy-restarting have now been taken by the Western and Northeast...

Calculating the Philippine economy’s negative 2020 growth

"We have been dealt an enormous blow by the COVID-19 crisis"     In economics school, students are taught how to go about calculating changes in an...

DOJ head must be chief gov’t lawyer

"The Office of the Solicitor General is a redundant office."     People who are not very knowledgeable about the dynamics and nuances of high-level governance may...

Court of public opinion: No need for TRO

"Supporters of ABS-CBN can only hope that the lawyers of their favorite broadcast network have put together a case strong enough to convince the...

COVID-19: Scientists and economists vs. politicians

"Here are three scenarios with regard to reopening economies."   There is increasingly fierce debate in the coronavirus pandemic’s biggest victims—the US and the other leading...

Fighting COVID-19: Federalism would have been messy

"If ever an argument were needed to clinch the case against a shift to the federal form of government, the present crisis would be...
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