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James Broughel, Contributor Sun, April 19, 2026 at 12:48 PM GMT+2 7 min read
Americans call saving their top 2026 goal, yet the U.S. personal saving rate fell to 4.0% and nearly half can't cover a $1,000 emergency. Meet the shadow savings rate.
Prediction markets, crypto and betting apps show how innovation can slide into unproductive gambling, as well as the need to draw clearer lines around financialization.
Prediction markets, cryptocurrencies and sports betting demonstrate how innovation is not always productive and can result in financialized, negative-sum churn.
The UAE left OPEC because its $1.7 trillion sovereign wealth portfolio now matters more than the price of crude. Higher oil prices can hurt Abu Dhabi as much as help it.
A growing chorus says the 2000s run-up in home prices was just a supply story, not a bubble. The evidence says otherwise.
Few topics in international economics dominated the policy conversation of the early 2000s as completely as global saving imbalances.
America has more content, more credentials, more publications, more podcasts, more applicants, more creators, more consultants and more thought leaders than perhaps any society in history.
As AI infrastructure expands across America, communities are questioning whether the benefits of data centers outweigh the costs to power grids, water supplies, and local disruption.
Wall Street has spent the past year pricing in an artificial-intelligence revolution. Now investors are starting to question whether the boom has gotten ahead of reality.
