Dissertation Update

The meeting was interesting, but i need to progress.

Land Reform and Taxation = Econ 101

In my undergraduate university, the first course in economics was a course that everyone had to take. It was your typical first course in econ, and we used the venerable Samuelson textbook.  I was shocked at the course title: land reform and taxation. Sure, land reform and taxation were discussed, but it was by no means the only things we discussed. I had long wondered why the course was so misnamed, and now an  article by historian ambeth ocampo reveals the answer: 

 In the past half-century, other compulsory courses have been revisited, reviewed and, as in the case of Spanish, dropped or made an elective or course of the student’s choice. In the collegiate level, therefore, only the following courses remain required and compulsory by law: Land Reform and Taxation, National Service (formerly the ROTC), and the Rizal course. 

 

Literature Review

I have a literature review due by the end of the month. As an experiment, i’ll be posting blog-sized parts of my lit review and edit online.