THE make-up of car parks has long been a good indicator of trends in the domestic economy, given that cars are the biggest discretionary expenditure item after purchasing a home. But the car market has also become a key barometer…
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Home economics graduates can now teach in elementary, secondary schools
President Rodrigo Roa Duterte (VALERIE ESCALERA/PRESIDENTIAL PHOTO / MANILA BULLETIN) Under Republic Act No. 11168, graduates of home economics will be required to take the Licensure Examination for Teacher within five years from hiring. Those willing to teach on a…
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MLK on economics: A brief primer
Leaders of the March on Washington for Jobs & Freedom marching. Photo: Robert W. Kelley/The LIFE Picture Collection/Getty Images Remembered as a great orator and a champion for human rights, Martin Luther King, Jr. also was a deep thinker on…
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SOME ECONOMICS FOR MARTIN LUTHER KING DAY
On November 2, 1983, President Ronald Reagan signed a law establishing a federal holiday for the birthday of Martin Luther King Jr., to be celebrated each year on the third Monday in January. As the legislation that passed Congress said: “such…
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China upbeat ahead of US trade talks, but differences large
China has sounded a positive note ahead of trade talks this week with Washington, but the two sides face potentially lengthy wrangling over technology and the future of their economic relationship. Both sides have expressed an interest in settling their…
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Quick Take | Gandhi family critic, Raghuram Rajan fan: How CEA Krishnamurthy sees the world
Much has been made of the support given to demonetisation by Krishnamurthy Subramanian, the government’s new Chief Economic Advisor. To be sure, he did write in his columns that demonetisation was a revolutionary act and that the poor were not…
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