tangkilikan economics

Tangkilikan Economics

Prof. Jorge V. Sibal

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What is Tangkilikan Economics

Tangkilikan means patronage. As an old definition, Tangkilikan means reciprocating what benefits you have received.

Tangkilikan als o means patriotis m or nationalis m. It means loving or patronizing firs t and foremos t what is your own and not of others .

Theoretical Foundations of Tangkilikan

Tangkilikan economics means patronizing firs t and foremos t what you produce in order to s pur and develop your economy. It is rooted in the philos ophy of mercantilis m.

Mercantilis m advocates “produce more in order to buy les s ”. In doing this , the economy accumulates s urplus es which are needed to finance development and indus trialization.

Theoretical Foundations of Tangkilikan

Tangkilikan economics is therefore the philos ophy behind economic nationalis m.

Economic nationalis m, on the other hand, is the ideology of national indus trialization and economic development.

Other Dimensions of Tangkilikan

Tangkilikan is not only limited to economics . It has als o dimens ions in culture and politics .

Tangkilikan culture means being proud of the pos itive s ide of Philippine culture like language, his tory, arts , mus ic, cinema, literature, traditions , beliefs , norms , habits , etc.


Tangkilikan politics does not mean patronage politics where the political lords (dynas tic elites ) take care of their underlings (us ually relatives , clos e friends and cronies ). The latter reciprocates through blind loyalty to their political patron.


Tangkilikan politics means good government and a civ il s ervice governed by rules and regulations .

It als o means a government that g ives priority and protection to its citizens , workers , bus ines s men and profes s ionals over non-F ilipinos .

The Modern Tangkilikan

Tangkilikan under g lobalization is not limited to patronage of one’s produce. This type of tangkilikan may lead to monopoly, inefficiency, uncompetitivenes s and patronage politics .

Ins tead of promoting national development and indus trialization, it may lead to backwardnes s and underdevelopment.

The Modern Tangkilikan

Modern Tangkilikan means promotion of locally produced products and services that are of high quality standards through technological adaptation, innovation, and continuous improvement.

This is essence of the slogan Tangkilikin at paunlarin and s ariling atin (patronize and continuously improve our own products and services).

Tangkilikan & the Nationalis t Development

Plan Tangkilikan in the Nationalis t

Development Plan (NDP) of the Fair Trade Alliance (FTA) is bes t expres s ed in the s trateg ies “forward and backward linkag ing” and “modernization of agricultural and indus trial s ectors ”.


PlanForward and backward linkaging has at least 3

dimensions:

2. A direct link between the Phil. consumers and the Phil. producers.

Philippine consumers are the workers (both low unskilled and & highly skilled knowledge workers- managers, entrepreneurs, professionals, OFWs, etc.) and the government.


PlanA direct link between the Phil. consumers and the

Phil. producers.

The Philippine producers are enterprises, groups and individuals operating in the Philippines. They should be encouraged to maximize locally-sourced inputs (labor, technologies, materials, ideas, etc.).

Both the Philippine consumers and producers should patronize each other to the fullest.


Plan In the USA for example, Verite is a

consumer-based NGO advocating consumption of American-made products & services through social standards imposition on imported products.

Verite practices Tangkilikan to help preserve American jobs and consumers’ purchasing power.


PlanForward and backward linkaging has at least 3

dimensions:

2. A direct link between big, medium, small and micro enterprises.

At present, big & some medium enterprises are linked with TNCs through outsourcing & international quality standards like ISO, Malcolm Baldridge, social standards, etc.


PlanA direct link between big, medium, small and

micro enterprises.

Big firms with international linkages do not transfer their technologies and capabilities to the micro & small enterprises (MSEs).

Hence, MSEs may lose in competition with low end smuggled imported goods or stay in the unregulated informal sector.


Plan Under the Nationalist development plan, big

and medium enterprises should maximize their outsourcing requirements to the micro and small enterprises (MSEs) under the big brother-small brother partnership relationship.


PlanA direct link among industry, agriculture and

services. Agriculture should produce raw materials for

industry and food for the consumers. This will empower agricultural producers and

the consumers. The consumers in return will be able to buy

more finished products from the industrial sector.


PlanA direct link among industry, agriculture and

services.

Developing a modern agro-industrial base of the economy is the key strategy of the Nationalist Development Plan.

Thank you.

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