While a few years ago the idea of calling a complete stranger a “friend” might have been met by many people with a certain amount of disquiet—even a frightening thought or two—nowadays, thanks to social networking sites (SNS), it isn’t only plausible, it is fast becoming commonplace...

On March 27, 2008, University Professor Dr. Edgardo D. Gomez delivered the lecture titled “Attitude Change as a Key to Success for UP’s Second Century”—the eighth UP Centennial Lecture and the third “View from the Inside”—at the NISMED Auditorium in UP Diliman. This was interactively participated in by gatherings in nine UP campuses, to which the lecture was beamed live.

How do institutions affect the performance of an economy over time? What are the conditions necessary for economic growth? And how do we create these conditions?