random points

• technocultural studies = http://technoculture.ucdavis.edu/curriculum.php
• party-switching = turncoatism = balimbing system
• external debt = both cause and consequence of the Philippine economic crisis
  (Dr. Rizal Buendia, DLSU-Manila)
• diminishing marginal utility = diminishing increment of pleasure
• non-wage benefits = e.g. shuttle services, rice subsidy, tax-exemption, etc.
• incentive/disincentive = performs a crucial role in rational decision-making
• 2 sides of the story: "If we understand one side, the other will be easy to grasp."
  - Robert Heilbroner
• cooperative = subscribes to the principles of self-sufficiency and collectivism