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JoeAmCapability is What Remains
By Karl M. Garcia For decades, countries have been placed into categories: First World, Third World, developed, developing, emerging. But labels tell us less than a simpler question: What can a country reliably do? Can it educate its people, build and maintain infrastructure, produce competitively, connect its regions, operate complex systems, respond to shocks, enforce … Continue reading
From Decongestion to Justice: The Philippines Needs a System That Does Not Refill Its Jails and Dockets
By Karl M. Garcia The Philippines has begun to demonstrate something important about its justice system: coordination can produce results. Over the past several years, the Justice Sector Coordinating Council (JSCC), together with the Supreme Court, Department of Justice and Department of the Interior and Local Government, has expanded inter-agency cooperation through Justice Zones and … Continue reading
The Merchant of Venice: Casket Analysis — Desire, Choice, and Value
By Karl M. Garcia William Shakespeare’s The Merchant of Venice uses the famous casket test to explore one of the play’s most enduring questions: How do human beings distinguish genuine value from attractive appearances? Portia’s deceased father has designed a test in which her suitors must choose among three caskets—gold, silver, and lead. Each contains … Continue reading
BEACON: MORE THAN A TRADE EXPO
By Karl M. Garcia A trade exhibition is easy to understand. There are booths. Ships and equipment are displayed. Companies meet customers. Government agencies make presentations. Business cards change hands. Conferences fill convention-center rooms. Then the exhibition ends. The booths come down. People go home. But sometimes an exhibition leaves something behind. Relationships continue. Organizations … Continue reading
A SHIPYARD IS A TEST OF THE STATE
Why Philippine shipbuilding needs more than less red tape By Karl M. Garcia A shipyard is an unusual place to measure the quality of government. It is a factory, engineering complex, workplace, logistics node and maritime asset. But it is also a test of something less visible: Can government make its own institutions work together? … Continue reading
