2026: Resilience or Reckoning?

History shows that policymakers often respond with fixes that fail. In 2008,

bailout stabilized banks but didn't prevent years of sluggish growth. In the 2020,

rate hikes curbed inflation but strained debt-laden economies. By 2026, the temptation will

be to recycle old solutions. More stimulus, more regulation, more intervention.

But Lee cautions that these fixes may not work in a world where technology and geopolitics

rewrite the rules faster than governments can react. Here's where it gets shocking.

Data shows that global debt to GDP ratios are at record highs, surpassing levels

seen before the 2008 crisis. Corporate leverage is concentrated in sectors most