Rizal’s economic ideas are among the least studied aspects of his work. A careful reading of his writing, however …, particularly his 1890 essay “On the indolence of the Filipinos,” suggests that Rizal’s economic views were in general agreement … economic policy did not reflect a lacuna in Rizal’s thought but a proper concern for the prior and more important issues of …

Rizal’s letter to the women of Malolos emphasized reason and supported the education of women so that they may be … enlightened, religiousness required reason, without reason there was only religiosity. Rizal’s letter argued that women’s value … Rizal that allows for a better appreciation of Rizal’s messages in the context of modern-day understandings of development …

, in turn, influences economic performance. This paper shows that Rizal, by establishing La Liga Filipina, endeavored to …, agriculture, and commerce; and (e) study and implementation of reforms—Rizal sought to subvert the most important antidevelopment …

This essay demonstrates how Rizal’s annotations of Morga’s Sucesos de las Islas Filipinas can be used even today to … reading of three broad topics treated by Rizal: first, the notion of a “confederation” of chiefs and the complexity of …