CJ McCollum’s Fear That Doesn’t Go Away
CJ McCollum has built one of the more lucrative careers in the NBA. By most measures, he has already won. He does not spend like it. In his own words: “I always fear like everybody goes broke, so I’m not going to spend money.” That…
The System That Worked, and the One That Didn’t
Two Paths, One Winner Metro Manila’s P85 minimum wage hike happened this year because of a regional wage board, one of 17 across the country, doing exactly what it was designed to do. A much bigger idea, a flat P200 daily increase for every…
The Philippines Moved Up a Class. Your Income Might Not Have.
The Philippines is now officially an upper-middle income country, according to the World Bank. The country’s gross national income per capita reached $4,850, clearing the $4,636 threshold for the category. The reclassification ends a 39-year run as…
Filipinos Are Not Spending Less. They’re Spending Smarter.
The way Filipinos spend money is changing. Not because they stopped wanting things. Because they started asking harder questions about what those things are worth. Research from NielsenIQ, Worldpanel by Numerator, and consumer sentiment forums in 2026…