Thomas Piketty’s Capital and Ideology is a wide-ranging exploration of the origins, maintenance, and persistence of...
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Central front of the new Cold War
How US and China stack up on the strategic front in the Asia-Pacific region During the Trump administration, there...
Interview with Oksana Boyko on Russia Today (RT)
Interview with Oksana Boyko on Russia Today (RT)Revenge of revanche? Walden Bello, international adjunct professor at...
Boy Samples Toys
The boy tries out his toys, and he decides he likes them. Press this button and that delivers an airstrike 10,000...
Revenge of History
Francis Fukuyama, who famously said in the 1990's that the "end of history" had arrived, with countries having no...
Is the Philippines Now Paying the Price for Child Sexual Abuse?
Apart from the interviews with his family members, the most important revelation of Richard Paddock's March 21, 2017,...
March, but mourn not the demise of EDSA Republic
originally published by Rappler.com The EDSA Republic’s failure to live up to its promises spawned Dutertismo The EDSA...
A rapid response to President’s 2015 SONA address (also known as the “Cocoon Speech”)
The best parts were his highlighting his kasambahay's invaluable role and Kaka Bag-ao's transformation of politics in...
Presentation on Finance Capital and Greece
A few slides from my presentation at the forum on "Understanding the Greek Crisis," sponsored by Focus on the Global...
Capitalism’s Last Stand?: Deglobalization in the Age of Austerity
In this eye-opening and often scathing book, Walden Bello provides a forensic dissection of contemporary capitalism's...
Global poverty down, Philippine poverty remains high
That the poverty situation in the Philippines has not improved has been the cause of much concern lately. According...
The Hashimoto Controversy and Japan’s Failure to Come to Terms with its Past
The words were so brazen that they have created a firestorm globally. This was the comment of Mayor Toru Hashimoto of...