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Why Does the End of the World Look So Profitable?

Barchart·12/07/2025 12:10:03
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The stock market is hitting record highs. GDP growth is in the green. Tech valuations are defying gravity... fueled by a promise that artificial intelligence is going to generate trillions of dollars in wealth. And yet... everything feels kinda…terrible?  Jobs are disappearing, not in a crash, but in a slow fade. Prices for essentials remain stubbornly high. The divide between the digital economy and physical reality has never been wider.  We are told this is just a transition period. We are told that "efficiency" is messy... but…