Van Vugt: Gloria the teacher; PNoy the student

PRESIDENT Benigno Aquino III is criticized by Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo, of all people, for the bad state of the economy in our country today.

Gloria is an expert in the economy. She even has been teaching economics. Now she is writing her memoires and she remembers that Noynoy Aquino has been her student. If the economy today is in such a bad shape, it is mainly because we have inherited this from the past administration. Gloria claims that under her administration, there was an economic growth in the country. In reality, there was a scarcity of rise in the country and Arroyo had a policy of resting the entire future of the country on rice importation rather than production. (more)