POLIS, the student academic organization of University of Asia and the Pacific's School of Law and Governance, releases “Perspectives”--a magazine that features the papers written by Political Economy students for their major classes. The selected papers received high marks from the teachers due to their organized structure, effective writing form, and the inclusion of well-thought out insights on matters concerning politics, governance, society, and international affairs. These papers will give its readers an insight into how the mind of a political economist works, and the kinds of issues we concern ourselves with. With this magazine, we hope that it will guide the younger Pol Eco students in writing future papers, serve as a source of information for non-Pol Eco students on issues of the world, as well as provide a collection of knowledge that will invigorate others to be more politically and socially conscious about the things that truly matter, by knowing what matters.