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2026-05-12 17:59:24 -

What causes an economic crisis?
What Causes an Economic Crisis? There is a peculiar ritual modern societies perform every decade or so. The newspapers publish charts no one reads until panic begins. Television economists explain that the collapse was “unexpected.” Politicians promise investigations into the very institutions they subsidized, regulated, and protected. Central bankers appear before microphones with...

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Leonard Pokrovski

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What happens during an economic crisis?
An economic crisis is one of those events that can feel both abstract and deeply personal at the same time. On the surface, it’s discussed in terms of GDP, inflation rates, or banking systems. But underneath those big concepts, it touches everyday life—jobs, savings, prices, and even people’s sense of security about the future. To understand what happens during an economic...

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Leonard Pokrovski

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2026-05-15 20:08:58 -

What happens when interest rates rise?
The Price of Time: What Happens When Interest Rates Rise? There is no more consequential price in modern economies than the interest rate. Wheat has a price. Oil has a price. Labor has a price. But interest rates determine the price of time itself — the premium placed on present goods over future goods, on consumption over saving, on immediacy over patience. When central banks raise...

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Leonard Pokrovski

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2026-05-12 17:54:17 -

What is a recession?
What Is a Recession? There is a peculiar ritual that modern societies perform whenever the economy begins to weaken. Politicians deny it. Economists redefine it. Central bankers explain it away. Journalists soften the language with euphemisms. And ordinary people, sensing the deterioration long before official confirmation, quietly begin to change their behavior. They postpone purchases. They...

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Leonard Pokrovski

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2026-05-14 15:25:54 -

Why Are Wages Not Increasing?
Why Are Wages Not Increasing? There is a peculiar absurdity at the heart of the modern economy. Productivity rises. Screens glow brighter. Offices fill with dashboards measuring every conceivable metric. Politicians celebrate GDP growth with the ritualistic enthusiasm of medieval priests announcing a good harvest. Yet the average worker looks at his paycheck and senses something rotten beneath...

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Leonard Pokrovski

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2026-05-14 15:29:55 -

Why do interest rates go up?
Why Do Interest Rates Go Up? There is something almost theological in the way modern people discuss interest rates. When rates are low, journalists write as if prosperity has been ordained. When rates rise, politicians behave like medieval priests confronted with drought. Television economists furrow their brows, central bankers release statements written in the sterile dialect of bureaucratic...

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Leonard Pokrovski

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2026-05-09 04:32:02 -

Why is inflation rising?
Why Is Inflation Rising? There is a peculiar ritual in modern economics. Prices rise. Groceries become smaller. Rent swallows salaries whole. Families notice immediately. Yet economists, central bankers, and finance ministers convene panels, produce reports, and speak in a dialect so sterilized that the original crime disappears beneath abstraction. They speak of...

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Leonard Pokrovski

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2026-05-12 18:08:03 -

Why is unemployment high/low?
Why Is Unemployment High or Low? The modern economist likes to discuss unemployment the way medieval astrologers discussed eclipses: as though it were a mysterious celestial event, arriving from forces beyond human control. A chart bends downward, another upward, and the televised priesthood begins its ritual incantations about “stimulus,” “aggregate demand,” and...

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