Dr. Benito Teehankee
In 2016, I thought the way elite politics and the global financial world was working (or was not working) had made a lot of p eople in the Philippines and in the US bitter, scared or desperate. This is still true in the Philippines, where we produce more billionaires while poverty remains above 20 percent on average and above 60 percent in some provinces. Alienated people tend to look for quick solutions and tough-talking, my-country-first politicians who promise to get things done often fit the bill.