You never chose how much you save each month: someone chose for you, and you agreed by doing nothing. Behavioral economics measured that gap between intention and action, then turned it into a governing tool adopted in more than fifty countries. Field data later forced a severe correction that almost nobody noticed, and it changes how published findings should be read.
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Governments have never paid so much interest: close to 3 percent of world GDP, against 2 percent four years ago. Yet the budget debate is still framed as a choice between spending more and spending less. Understanding fiscal policy means understanding why the same unit spent has twice the effect in a recession, and why global public debt would cross 100 percent of GDP as early as 2029.
Every day, $9.6 trillion changes hands on the largest and quietest market on earth, one with no exchange floor and no opening bell. In the first half of 2025 the dollar posted its worst half-year since 1973, yet its dominance grew. How can a currency lose value and gain influence at once? This Fundamental explains how the price of a currency is truly set.
Global unemployment has never been lower: 4.9% in 2025. Yet more than 400 million people would like to work and cannot, and every month millions of jobs vanish while others are born. Behind a single number lies a mechanism in constant motion, one that automation and artificial intelligence promise to upend. Understanding the labor market means learning to read what the unemployment rate does not say.
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