菲律宾政治家族的经济基础分析

On the Economic Foundation of Political Families in the Philippines

政治家族是菲律宾政治的主导力量,而这些政治家族依赖的是其强大的经济基础。菲律宾政治家族的经济利益最初来源于以农业为基础的行业,如今已向其他行业延伸,几乎各行各业都有政治家族的印记。相应地,菲律宾政治家族拥有远非普通家庭能比的巨大财富,多数政治精英凭借家族财富而身居高位,因此菲律宾政治带有明显的富人特色。

Political families are the dominant force in the politics of the Philippines and what they rely on is their strong economic foundations. In the Philippines, the economic interests of political families originally came from those businesses based on agriculture and now stretch to other businesses, so the influences of political families can be found in almost all walks of life. In turn, political families own far more wealth than ordinary families own and most of political elites are at top by virtue of the wealth of their families, so the politics of the Philippines has significantly rich feature.