Success Breeds Failure

Posted by JoeAm on May 13, 2013 · 13 Comments 

Wake Up Call for Philippine Business Managers! Lets do some painting, say a conceptual landscape dealing with the Philippine economy. This aforesaid economy is growing nicely on a canvas of good governance and honorable intentions, pasted in a fragile way atop an unattractive mass of dark history featuring power-mongering, shady dealings and favor trading. The manufacturing … Continue reading →

Category Economy, Philippine Government

The Receipt as a Symbol of Philippine Authoritarianism

Posted by JoeAm on May 5, 2013 · 31 Comments 

This topic is a bounce off my family’s recent trip to Hong Kong. Sometimes the smallest of acts reveals the largest of attributes. I’m tempted to call the attributes of which I speak “deficiencies” but will let you decide on that point. Indeed, I was originally going to entitle this article “The Receipt as a … Continue reading →

Category Culture and Arts, Philippine Government

Discussion Topic: Authoritarianism and the Stateless Society

Posted by JoeAm on April 22, 2013 · 54 Comments 

Your mission if you agree to accept it . . . The real JoeAm?   JoeAm will be on family vacation for two weeks, returning in early May. He drops off this blog as a voluntary mission for readers, ala “Mission Impossible”.    Here’s the framing: The Philippines is an authoritarian society. Interpersonal rivalries are … Continue reading →

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Dump American Democracy!

Posted by JoeAm on April 3, 2013 · 37 Comments 

The Palace, Waterside This is an exercise aimed at getting outside the box in thinking about government. It is strictly an academic exercise, not a proposal to overthrow the worthy established government of the Philippines. Indeed, it has about a snowball’s chance in Pinatubo of even being useful. So consider it fiction, Joe’s delusional ramblings, … Continue reading →

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Parsing Fitch

Posted by JoeAm on March 30, 2013 · 20 Comments 

The critics of the Philippines ate another bite of hat the other day when the Fitch Rating Agency upgraded Philippine debt to investment grade. Discussion threads on the upgrade were again the habitat of the 100 percenters, broken down about 80/20, with 80% offering commendations and full credit to President Aquino, and 20% claiming all … Continue reading →

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