Why global population won’t reach 10 billion
ACCORDING to the United Nations, on the 15th of November 2022, the global population is projected to rise to eight billion. The highest growth...
China’s international debt problem
CHINA’S Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) was originally conceived as a massive program that will create greater economic integration between Africa, Asia and Europe...
Why GDP is an outdated concept
THERE is a saying that Russia is Europe’s gas station (or something to that effect), and that despite its massive geographic size, its economic...
Why higher interest rates won’t solve inflationary woes
ON JULY 14, the Banko Sentral ng Pilipinas (BSP) raised interest rates by 75 basis point, and kept the door open for further tightening...
Filipinos fighting in a foreign war
FILIPINOS have fought in foreign wars in the past. There were Filipinos who have reportedly fought in the US Civil War, in the First...
The demographics of war
RECENTLY, the US Army reported that its recruitment rate was declining. There just aren’t enough people joining the different branches of the US military,...
Marcos and the coming recession
PRESIDENT Ferdinand “Bongbong” Marcos Jr. begins his administration with the inevitable start of a global recession that will last, at least, all throughout next...
Remember Angelo Dela Cruz?
A FEW WEEKS ago I was watching a short video on Filipinos who refused to leave Ukraine. Outside of marriages and familial connections, their...
When world aid agencies run out of money
WHENEVER a country needs economic support, they will turn to world aid agencies.
The problem is that these agencies have recently run out of funds....
Food security, food expenditures and the strain of expensive fertilizers
I’VE WRITTEN about food security before, and now that the world is in an actual food crisis, I think it’s a matter worth revisiting.
The...