Publications Articles

#FactsFirst | The Real Battle in 2022

Writer, teacher, and activist Walden Bello joins Christian Esguerra in an in-depth discussion on why it's important for Filipino voters to define this early the issues that matter to them and scrutinize politicians positioning themselves in next year's presidential...

The West Has Been Hoarding More Than Vaccines

MANILA — I’ve had my first Covid-19 vaccine jab, drawn from the limited supply of the AstraZeneca doses that has made its way to the developing world. As a senior, I’m part of a so-called priority sector eligible to receive it in the Philippines, a country where less...

PH gov’t can be part of solution in Myanmar

Read more: https://opinion.inquirer.net/139137/ph-govt-can-be-part-of-solution-in-myanmar

Reading Piketty II: Property, Ideology, and the Mystery of the Missing John Locke

Thomas Piketty’s Capital and Ideology is a wide-ranging exploration of the origins, maintenance, and persistence of inequality that spans 1042 pages.  In the interest of making the French economist more accessible, Focus on the Global South came up with Reading...