Gerardo Sicat, Professor Emeritus at UP's School of Economics, writes lengthily and somewhat confusingly about the Philippine economy's future, and says that if we don't pay our taxes, lower labor costs, change parts of the constitution, and stop making babies, we're screwed. No detailed solutions offered either, but he has some insightful, if not cheeky, commentary on the two leading presidential candidates.

When [GMA] assumed the presidency, she said, she wanted simply to be a good president, not a great president.

That is a low ambition. What the Philippines needs today is a great president with a clear vision to make up for some disastrous presidencies in the past.