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When Oil Price Hikes Become Untenable and Turn Into a Problem of Trust

There is something revealing about President Ferdinand Marcos Jr.’s insistence that the Philippines should look to its Southeast Asian neighbors for ways to contain rising fuel prices. The obvious question is why Malacañang has been so reluctant to adopt the very mechanisms that other governments in the region are using to shield consumers from international […]

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There is something revealing about President Ferdinand Marcos Jr.’s insistence that the Philippines should look to its Southeast Asian neighbors for ways to contain rising fuel prices. The obvious question is why Malacañang has been so reluctant to adopt the very mechanisms that other governments in the region are using to shield consumers from international […]
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