The clip above shows Franklin D. Roosevelt campaigning for the US presidency in 1933, using eerily familiar rhetoric. The clip opened the second portion of last week’s episode of The Explainer (which you can watch on YouTube), which focused on the Great Depression (in it, I asked my guest to expound on his blog post, Smartly [...]

On a purchase of books costing ₤216.50 and shipped by the bookseller to Manila, the Post Office, upon receipt, then issued the following: Tentative Assesment Sheet Customs Duty 49.01 Tariff Heading $396.95 x 46.66 Exchange Rate Php 18,522 Dutiable Value in peso x 5% Rate of Duty Php 926 Total Customs Duty Value Added Tax [...]

And who knows, if you read and respond to this before midnight, tonight, Philippine time, it could be yours, too. My choice for Bloggers’ Choice Award in the Philippine Blog Awards, is the collective known as Filipino Voices. The variety of voices, the breadth (and depth) of the commentary on the site, and the collective [...]

It’s an interesting time to be in the UK, where the Mother of All Parliaments, the House of Commons, has been roiled by infighting and discouraging economic news. The Chancellor of the Exchequer ignited a firestorm of protest last week: see Chancellor Alistair Darling warns slump could be the worst for 60 years, precipitating a slump [...]

On YouTube – Broadcast Yourself. you can view my recent Explainer show where former NEDA Chief Cielo Habito presented his views on the economy and prospects for the remainder of the year. You can also view the following, below: first, the presentation he used on my show; the more comprehensive presentation on which it was based, [...]