ABSTRACT
The narrow EOI growth model pursued doggedly by the neo-liberal technocrats in the last
four decades has focused mainly on liberalizing the economy SAP-style sans a clear
industrial and agricultural vision. The outcome has been disastrous for the economy and
the Filipino working people. The growth model has failed to grow the jobs and welfare
needed by a growing population. Mass poverty and inequality have persisted a quarter of
a century after EDSA I and over a century after the Philippine Revolution for nationhood.
