That DVD Incident, Intellectual Property, and Innovation on Feb 3, 2012This photo is being circulated in Facebook by a certain Jerry Ocampo. It may be part ofthe systematic demolition job vs. Llamas.This is related to an earlier article: http://bitly.com/plagiarismculture.We all know that Presidential Pol...
Persisting Problems on the link between Macroeconomics and Microeconomics on Jan 30, 2012 in microfoundations economy Permanent link: http://bit.ly/microfoundationsAs a requirement for our macroeconomics class, Dr. Dante Canlas asked us to submit a survey paper on a macroeconomic issue of our choice. I especially took interest on the approach of modern mac...
The Legacy of Dennis Ritchie on Oct 13, 2011 in technology This has escaped my attention. Dennis Ritchie, the creator of C and Unix, died on October 8 - his death overshadowed by the death of another pioneer Steve Jobs. Much of our modern information technology backbone - from web servers to operating system...
No to World Bank in Green Climate Fund! on Sep 21, 2011 in development climate change alternatives October 7, 2011Blog Action Day for Climate JusticeNo to World Bank in Green Climate Fund!The World Bank is recognized as one of the main drivers of the current unsustainable economic and development model that have brought the planet at the edge of c...
Climate Change, Reverse Dutch Disease, and Third World Industrialization on Aug 14, 2011 in development climate change Climate change is one of the "great pessimism" of the 21st century, to quote Matt Ridley - author of the "The Rational Optimist: How Prosperity Evolves (2010). Indeed, it is the primary threat to humanity's vision of a bright future of technolog...
Two Pre-SONA Talks on the Philippine Economy (@ UP Diliman) on Jul 15, 2011 in development alternatives growth neoclassical aquino Economics students and would-be policy makers cannot afford to miss these two events - two talks (in the University of the Philippines Diliman) on Philippine development prospects and outlook days before President Benigno Aquino III's second Sta...
Deconstructing Rizal: Veneration Without Understanding by Renato Constantino on Jun 18, 2011 in rizal hero constantino Today is Jose Rizal's 150th birthday. This week - a week of patriotic fervor, began with the 113th "Independence Day" and now ends this week with Rizal's birthday. Interestingly, the celebration is juxtaposed with several events, events that expose t...
Beyond Appointments: Reorganizing DOTC and DPWH on Jun 16, 2011 in transporation traffic The appointment of Sen. Mar Roxas to the position of Secretary of the Department of Transportation and Communication (DOTC) after the resignation of Department of Transportation and Communication (DOTC) Sec. Ping de Jesus (plus three other DOTC under...
Anti-Cory Propaganda Youtube Video on May 20, 2011 in people power cory aquino Someone forwarded me this YouTube video. Judging by the sophistication of this video (graphics, technology used, and all), either it was made by a very political multimedia professional, or someone out to demolish the Noynoy administration hired an e...
Setting Fair Oil Prices for the Filipino People (by Rep. Walden Bello) on May 18, 2011 in oil crisis wage inflation Just this Monday, Rep. Walden Bello, a progressive Filipino solon, world-renowned economist and the originator of the "deglobalization" movement, recently spoke in halls of Congress on the need to set fair oil prices and increase income in a time of...
