The Trouble with Politics in Pop Culture
In 2023, our politics and our entertainment have become so blurred that we can hardly distinguish one from the other. As a result, we are inundated by politics everywhere we turn. Late night television, the morning sports recap, Disney movies,
Economic Growth Theories Fall into the Dustbin of History (And That’s Okay)
“The Soviet model has surely demonstrated that a command economy is capable of mobilizing resources for rapid growth and awesome power,” wrote Paul Samuelson in 1985 in his famous text, Economics, then written with William Nordhaus. (He noted, however, that
Understanding the US debt crisis: The battle against inflation
JCOMP-FREEPIK(Part 2)What has been the impact of this battle against inflation on the Philippine stock market?Jim Walker, Chief Economist at Aletheia Capital Limited (an independent research platform for the Indo-Pacific region), observes that from 2000 to 2019, average nominal GDP
Eliminating cervical cancer in the Philippines
FREEPIKGlobally, cervical cancer remains one of the most common cancers affecting women. In the Philippines, it ranks as the second most frequent cancer among women and the second most frequent cancer among women between 15 and 44 years of age.
Vast networks of fungi may hold key to climate fight
PHOENIX HAN-UNSPLASHTOBY KIERS is a professor of evolutionary biology at Amsterdam’s Vrije Universiteit whose research on fungi has led her to revelations about how nature itself can solve the climate crisis. Kiers is looking beyond the astonishing diversity of mushrooms