For our elites, the key decision is to what extent greed can be moderated so property rights (even over plundered assets) by outgoing factions will be respected by incoming ones.
Posts Tagged ‘Tita Cory’
Elite property rights in the Philippines II
Posted: March 20, 2010 in Cory Aquino, Erap, GMA, Philippine politics, Political economyTags: elite factions in the Philippines, Erap, FVR, GMA, property rights, realist IR theory, Tita Cory
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What a week!
Posted: August 13, 2009 in UncategorizedTags: Alpha Sigma, Arnel de Guzman, Bongbong Marcos, Cory Aquino, Douglass North, dragon effect, elite squabbles, elites, GMA, Imee Marcos, John Nye, new institutional economics, NIE, property rights, Tita Cory
I know, I know, I know. This blog should have been written and posted four days ago. And I should be blogging on more recent events. But I need to get this particular blog done and ‘out of the way’. The obvious high point of the fantastic week was Tita Cory’s death, wake, and funeral. [...]
Tita Cory’s ‘quiet’ charisma
Posted: July 14, 2009 in Cory Aquino, Philippine politicsTags: Cory Aquino, Tita Cory
Over the past few weeks, Filipinos from all walks of life have been praying or offering masses for former President Corazon C. Aquino (affectionately known as Tita Cory). Tita Cory is battling colon cancer and has reportedly checked into a hospital for her inability to eat. She may still be alive but Tita Cory had [...]
