Focus on the Economy

TO rebuild our nation, we do need to internalize and as a community ensure our adherence to these basic principles regarding the economy:

1. Men and women are the primary productive factor in any economy. It is mainly and principally their work upon materials and resources drawn from nature that gives economic value and produces the goods and services in the economy. And it is truer today than ever that in the world we should be able, with the proper orientation and under proper arrangements, to find the materials and resources necessary for the sustenance and development of all.

2. Our work expresses our whole personality and bears its full imprint. We bring into it all the values and virtues we have, including the knowledge, skills, and attitudes that we have acquired and keep on acquiring. The fruit and product of …

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Publication information: Article title: Focus on the Economy. Contributors: Not available. Newspaper title: Manila Bulletin. Publication date: January 8, 2005. Page number: Not available. © 2009 Manila Bulletin Publishing Corp. COPYRIGHT 2005 Gale Group.

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