Conclusions

Gerardo Rivera Ungson and Sixto K. Roxas

Chapter 12 in From Alleviation to Empowerment:Ruminations on Poverty, Capitalism, and Communities, 2026, pp 279-288 from World Scientific Publishing Co. Pte. Ltd.

Abstract: Any final chapter impels considerations of what to do next, particularly future directions and actions for change. To this end, external reviewers provided advice and feedback. While several supported our advocacy for empowered communities, others sought more clarification and offered critical assessments. Some critics considered our initiative as too idealistic, euphemistically phrased as “ahead of the times.” Others found some chapters outside the scope of the mainstream business and management literature, even distracting. However, the more trenchant comment related to viability: Even if our arguments have merit, they ask, what is a workable alternative to the current free-market system? These critics asked for scalable extensions for empowered communities. This chapter reviews specific criticisms and offers alternative pathways to addressing them.

Keywords: Poverty; Poverty Alleviation; Poverty Eradication; Inter-generational Poverty; Environmental Degradation; Sustainable Development; Community Empowerment; Social Accounting; Human Settlements; Development Economics; Unsustainable Development; Ecological Sustainability; Capitalism; Free Market; Economic Orthodoxy; Classical Economics: Marx; Radical Economics; Bretton Woods; Sectoral Development; Sectoral Specializations; Neo-liberalism; Enterprise Management; Modern Corporation; Modern Enterprises; Microfinance; Entrepreneurship; Social Enterprises; Capacity Building; Conditional Cash Transfer; Mainstream Growth Theory; Biogenesis; Mechanistic Worldview; Jurgen Habermas; Spectrum of Consciousness; Communitarian Movement; Moral Capitalism; Humane Economy; Enterprise Logic; Communitarian Logic; Ekistics; Enterprise Accounting; Community-based Accounting System; Social Accounting; Valuation (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: I32 O15 O18 Q01 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2026
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