Comments on: The Long View: Permanently poor http://www.quezon.ph/2009/02/23/test/ Punditry. Politics. History. Commentary. Sat, 04 Feb 2012 11:35:33 +0000 hourly 1 By: UP n grad http://www.quezon.ph/2009/02/23/test/comment-page-1/#comment-1027672 UP n grad Tue, 03 Mar 2009 20:54:33 +0000 http://www.quezon.ph/2549/test/#comment-1027672 One way to determine the severity of the "Permanent Underclass" theory is, of course, to measure it. Anecdotes won't work because there will always be 10 households who are just as miserable now as they were twenty-years ago as just one can find 10 households whose lives improved (e.g. because of OFW-ism). Weren't there a series of blogthread discussions about 6 months ago on just that issue {Monsod writing an inquirer-article (and cvj commenting on smuggling) in relation to per-capita-GDP}? I think the conclusion was that in fact, the rich got poorer (per-capita-GDP of upper 10% remained flat at best) while per-capita-GDP of bottom deciles increased. One way to determine the severity of the “Permanent Underclass” theory is, of course, to measure it. Anecdotes won’t work because there will always be 10 households who are just as miserable now as they were twenty-years ago as just one can find 10 households whose lives improved (e.g. because of OFW-ism).

Weren’t there a series of blogthread discussions about 6 months ago on just that issue {Monsod writing an inquirer-article (and cvj commenting on smuggling) in relation to per-capita-GDP}? I think the conclusion was that in fact, the rich got poorer (per-capita-GDP of upper 10% remained flat at best) while per-capita-GDP of bottom deciles increased.

]]> By: Republic of Sisyphus : Manuel L. Quezon III: The Daily Dose http://www.quezon.ph/2009/02/23/test/comment-page-1/#comment-1027371 Republic of Sisyphus : Manuel L. Quezon III: The Daily Dose Tue, 03 Mar 2009 06:54:53 +0000 http://www.quezon.ph/2549/test/#comment-1027371 [...] result of this visit was three columns: Permanently poor, The end of social mobility, and Insecurity and the Invisible [...] [...] result of this visit was three columns: Permanently poor, The end of social mobility, and Insecurity and the Invisible [...]

]]> By: Current » Republic of Sisyphus http://www.quezon.ph/2009/02/23/test/comment-page-1/#comment-1027367 Current » Republic of Sisyphus Tue, 03 Mar 2009 06:51:19 +0000 http://www.quezon.ph/2549/test/#comment-1027367 [...] result of this visit was three columns: Permanently poor, The end of social mobility, and Insecurity and the Invisible [...] [...] result of this visit was three columns: Permanently poor, The end of social mobility, and Insecurity and the Invisible [...]

]]> By: FreeSince09 http://www.quezon.ph/2009/02/23/test/comment-page-1/#comment-1025908 FreeSince09 Fri, 27 Feb 2009 11:33:21 +0000 http://www.quezon.ph/2549/test/#comment-1025908 So what can government in this country do? - Realistically I,mean. Their argument - along with many republicans - is that sloth is the reason why people are poor? I know the government isn't helping. Regardless, what answers can NGOs offer to ameliorate our conditions? So what can government in this country do? – Realistically I,mean. Their argument – along with many republicans – is that sloth is the reason why people are poor? I know the government isn’t helping. Regardless, what answers can NGOs offer to ameliorate our conditions?

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