The “shocking” news that the Philippines is actually one of the worst countries in Asia to do business in continues …Read the Rest
Tag: foreign investment
The Philippines is one big SQUANDERED foreign investment
So we want more foreign investment, do we? Stop to think. How much of it have we already received? Look …Read the Rest
Without operational excellence, capital is squandered
The grand-daddy of our culture-as-root-cause thesis, the late great Teddy Benigno, in his classic 2002 Star article Why investors avoid …Read the Rest
Hope for the Philippine economy lies in domestic investment and not foreign investment
I am undoubtedly seen as a determined critic of the administration of Philippine President Benigno “Noynoy” Aquino III. But that …Read the Rest
Foreign direct investment: Are Filipinos up to the task of seizing opportunities served up to them?
Seeing foreign direct investment, cash handouts, and subsidies as the silver bullet that will cure chronic Filipino poverty? Think again. …Read the Rest
Foreign capital will not solve Filipinos’ inability to apply capital profitably
In my 2006 book Get Real Philippines Book 1, one of the key solutions I cited to the challenge of …Read the Rest
The RH Bill: Economic growth alone will not solve overpopulation
I cannot say in absolute terms that I am a strong advocate of the proposed Reproductive Health bill (RH Bill). …Read the Rest
The failed ‘globalization’ experiment
Entire generations have been indoctrinated in the concepts of hooking up to the bigger global market rather than maintaining local …Read the Rest
Overpopulated Philippines: reduced to panhandling for foreign investment
Everytime I hear this and that initiative to “attract” foreign investment to the country and then see these touted as …Read the Rest
Noynoy Aquino does not work hard for the money
I read somewhere that people with high I.Q.’s tend to stay up late and get up later in the mornings. …Read the Rest
