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Unwise & otherwise / Ernesto M. Valencia

By: Material type: TextTextPublication details: Quezon City, Philippines : New Day Publishers, c1997Description: vii, 59 pages ; 23 cmISBN:
  • 971100996X
Subject(s): LOC classification:
  • PL 5546 .V152 1997
Contents:
Jokes economists tell about themselves -- The humor of economists -- A new sunrise industry -- Will the real NPA please stand up? -- Some spiritual tranquilizers -- Ode against banal speeches -- The putdowns, the contrapuntal constructions and the grammatical horrors -- Maynila Memoirs-the pedlars of my youth -- The nouveau nouveau riche -- Characters in the office landscape -- Cashing in on Edsamania -- Small is buyable -- The first quarter storm: once more with feeling -- Megalopolization -- Freedom and development -- Being humane works, surprisingly -- Who cares for the losers? -- The measurement of society's happiness, or misery -- Thoughts on the afterlife.
Summary: This book is a simple anthology of what I consider to be representative of the articles I have written over the past thirty five years. There are humorous pieces, there are pieces which are light and there are ones which I consider tome more serious, but hopefully not too ponderous for the reader.
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Books Books National University - Manila LRC - Annex Filipiniana General Education FIL PL 5546 .V152 1997 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) c.1 Available NULIB000012911

Jokes economists tell about themselves -- The humor of economists -- A new sunrise industry -- Will the real NPA please stand up? -- Some spiritual tranquilizers -- Ode against banal speeches -- The putdowns, the contrapuntal constructions and the grammatical horrors -- Maynila Memoirs-the pedlars of my youth -- The nouveau nouveau riche -- Characters in the office landscape -- Cashing in on Edsamania -- Small is buyable -- The first quarter storm: once more with feeling -- Megalopolization -- Freedom and development -- Being humane works, surprisingly -- Who cares for the losers? -- The measurement of society's happiness, or misery -- Thoughts on the afterlife.

This book is a simple anthology of what I consider to be representative of the articles I have written over the past thirty five years. There are humorous pieces, there are pieces which are light and there are ones which I consider tome more serious, but hopefully not too ponderous for the reader.

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