[In This Economy] A counter-rejoinder in the economic charter change debate

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[In This Economy] A counter-rejoinder in the economic charter change debate

On April 8, a group of economists (myself included) from the University of the Philippines School of Economics (UPSE) came out with a new paper discussing economic charter change, and why evidence in support of it is weak. I wrote about the discussion paper in my column last week. More than a week later, on April 16, the Foundation for Economic Freedom (FEF), a pro-market non-profit, came out with a rejoinder titled, “Let’s Change our anti-FDI H…