MANILA, Philippines – The threat of war and disease that could imperil the lives of thousands of overseas Filipino workers (OFWs) kept the Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) busy in 2014.
In 2014, soaring inequality in advanced nations finally received the attention it deserved, as Thomas Piketty’s “Capital in the Twenty-First Century” became a surprise (and deserving) best seller. The usual suspects are still in well-paid denial, but, to everyone else, it is now obvious that income and wealth are more concentrated at the very top…