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1.
Noynoy did it!
Whatever
growth or positive economic outcomes occurred has nothing to do with the
administration’s policies.
They’d like to portray it as a matter of instilling
confidence in investors via some anti-corruption program, which does nothing to
remove corruption as much as it simply eliminates political enemies.
Besides,
all the inflows and increased activity are indicative not of growth but of a bubble brewing thanks to easy credit here and abroad. And
bubbles inevitably pop, with no increase in the general well-being of a people.
2.
Growth is consumption-led
Since when has draining your wallet made you feel richer?!
Granted,
consumption levels may indicate the prosperity occurring in a country, but only
in as much as income levels increase previously, by which the consumption can
be afforded.
And
such income often comes from abroad, wherein such foreign trade, including BPO
companies and OFWs, has nothing to do with government policy except to the
degree government stays out of the picture.
3.
GDP is a reliable indicator
The
GDP formula is composed of consumption + investment + government spending. This
aggregate means nothing in itself. The degree of consumption and of government
spending does not indicate sustainability of such. And investment is only as
good as it comes from savings and it reflects actual preferences, which again
has nothing to do with government policy except to the degree government stays
out of the picture.
Don’t
believe what you hear about the economy taking off. It’s a bubble.
State-guided
growth is a bullshit concept, and the illusion of such can only come about via savings-less
loose money, the bubbles of which don’t last and wreak havoc in the long term.
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