Articles in this issue:

1. Income inequality, weak institutions, and the emergence of reform-abortive corruption by Raul V. Fabella, Karl Robert L. Jandoc, Majah-Leah V. Ravago
2. Nationalizing the minimum wage: Can the Philippines take the toll? by Justin Raymond S. Eloriaga, Marites M. Tiongco, Ceasar C. Cororaton
3. Decomposing the divergent post-pandemic productivity dynamics in Philippine manufacturing by Adrian R. Mendoza
4. Perceived comfort and subjective life evaluation in the Philippines: Evidence from a national visioning exercise by Paul Andrew F. Lucena, Karl Robert L. Jandoc, Ma. Christina F. Epetia
5. 2025 Nobel Memorial Prize in Economics: Joel Mokyr by Emmanuel S. de Dios
6. A stylized version of the Aghion-Howitt growth model by Delano S. Villanueva

Book review: The Diane Elson Reader: Gender, Development, and Macroeconomic Policy by Marina Durano

Memorial piece: Remembering Roberto S. Mariano by Celia M. Reyes

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