Unwise & otherwise / Ernesto M. Valencia

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.