Oligarchy Then and Now: Manapat’s ‘Some Are Smarter Than Others’ reissued

This is a press release from Ateneo de Manila University.

Who is an oligarch, exactly?

The release of the new edition of Ricardo Manapat’s landmark work, Some Are Smarter Than Others, with annotations by Javier Leonardo V. Rugeria, may provide some very important answers.

This August 14 (Friday) at 10 a.m., the Ateneo de Manila University Press and Ateneo School of Government will launch the print and ebook versions of Some Are Smarter Than Others: The History of Marcos’ Crony Capitalism.

Joining the launch are:

• Maria Cristina Manapat
• Calixto V. Chikiamco (Foundation for Economic Freedom)
• Julio C. Teehankee (College of Liberal Arts, De La Salle University)
• Paul D. Hutchcroft (Department of Political Science and Social Change, Australian National University)
• Lisandro E. Claudio (South and Southeast Asian Studies, University of California, Berkeley)
• Leon Flores III (Ateneo School of Government)

The public can participate, too, via Zoom. Register at https://zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_7ju3SYzVSX-Yh8xno3qSew?fbclid=IwAR1R2TVL9W1o-0ANuO8P5gcIp-6iN8fjgZZn5CotPbTxdBEHo6VwG86Fk3Y – Rappler.com