JC Punongbayan

A gripping account of how authoritarian leadership and a global pandemic devastated one nation's economy—told by an economist who lived through the crisis. What happens when a deadly virus meets a deadly strongman? Twin Plagues tells the story of the Philippines under Rodrigo Duterte and Covid-19—two forces that ravaged the country in tandem. Economist and columnist JC Punongbayan likens Duterte...