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Middle class tax burden
by Boo Chanco - July 17, 2026 - 12:00am
My two US-based daughters made a side trip to Da Nang in Vietnam two weeks ago in the course of a balikbayan visit here.
Courting strongman rule
by Boo Chanco - July 15, 2026 - 12:00am
The BSP books I wrote about last Monday got me thinking about how our democratic system has survived 80 years of bad economic policies and governance. Some will call that resiliency, as one of the books did.
Learn from history
by Boo Chanco - July 13, 2026 - 12:00am
The BSP has recently published two books of national consequence. 
The Dutch disease
by Boo Chanco - July 10, 2026 - 12:00am
An important takeaway from the World Bank reclassification that makes us an upper-middle income country is how we got there.
Just a statistical milestone
by Boo Chanco - July 8, 2026 - 12:00am
Ordinary mortals like most of us find it difficult to understand some economic metrics.
Meaningless upgrade
by Boo Chanco - July 6, 2026 - 12:00am
It is essentially meaningless to the great mass of Filipinos. 
Korean universal health care
by Boo Chanco - July 3, 2026 - 12:00am
Universal health care is a basic human right that is part of the social compact.
Tough times
by Boo Chanco - July 1, 2026 - 12:00am
In less than a month, BBM will be delivering his State of the Nation Address.
Magicians and workhorses
by Boo Chanco - June 29, 2026 - 12:00am
Many of us have been wondering why our country is now an economic basket case in a region of tiger economies.
Agri devolution is a failure
by Boo Chanco - June 26, 2026 - 12:00am
One of the big disappointments of the Local Government Code is the failure of LGUs to pick up the responsibility for agricultural technical support for farmers. This failure has severely crippled Philippine...
Serious threat to BPO industry
by Boo Chanco - June 24, 2026 - 12:00am
The threats to the local industry that’s keeping millions of our young people profitably employed have been festering for some time now. One of these is the threat of AI on the voice part of our BPO industry....
Getting old before getting rich
by Boo Chanco - June 22, 2026 - 12:00am
Our country has just recorded a sharp drop in our fertility rate from seven children per woman in the 1960s to 1.7 today, below the replacement rate of 2.1.
The great Filipino dream
by Boo Chanco - June 19, 2026 - 12:00am
I remember writing about the great Filipino dream of going abroad a couple of decades ago based on a study made by market research firm Nielsen Philippines for Procter and Gamble.
Avoiding hunger
by Boo Chanco - June 17, 2026 - 12:00am
The prospect of masses of people going hungry can be politically dangerous for a government. Nothing fuels a violent revolt more than hunger.
Colonial hangover
by Boo Chanco - June 15, 2026 - 12:00am
The June 12 Independence Day holiday should have given many of us time to pause and wonder what went wrong over the past 80 years since we supposedly became independent from a colonial power. 
Calm before a storm?
by Boo Chanco - June 12, 2026 - 12:00am
International oil prices have surprisingly hovered in the low-to-mid $90s instead of skyrocketing despite the continued closure of Hormuz.
Robotics, AI and our future
by Boo Chanco - June 10, 2026 - 12:00am
There was disturbing news from abroad that could impact on the only two legs of our economy, OFWs and BPOs. Robotics and AI are very real threats we must prepare for, or we will face serious consequences in the near...
Are lawyers to blame?
by Boo Chanco - June 8, 2026 - 12:00am
Seeing graphs on social media showing the Philippines near the bottom in a list of ASEAN countries can be depressing.
Stealth taxation
by Boo Chanco - June 5, 2026 - 12:00am
Stealth refers to the act of moving or acting in a secretive or quiet manner to avoid detection. Stealth taxation is the manner by which a government imposes fees and charges that amounts to a virtual tax.
Ostracize the crooks
by Boo Chanco - June 3, 2026 - 12:00am
There was this interesting article at The Washington Post last week about the alarming decline in the population of many countries. It cited a recent essay for The Financial Times by John Burn-Murdoch suggesting...
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