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Quoted from The Economist Finance section (published July 25, 2026) 👇 Please refer to the following timeline to jump to the paragraphs you are interested in: 📚 Article Titles: Finance Section The rise of the deserving rich [01:43] Can prediction markets win over Wall Street? [18:23] Can China dominate AI exports, too? [35:07] The world’s balance sheet is out of kilter with its economy [54:26] The stubborn scarcity of female breadwinners [10:53] How investors learned to live with inflation [28:17] A brief history of Luddism [43:33] --------- 🎙️ This week's issue of The Economist will take you from personal wealth distribution and future market pricing to the global development of AI and the hidden worries of overall asset bubbles. As technology and finance continue to promise a better tomorrow, how can we understand the principles of investment in this era of "inflation without a landing point"? 💰 Who deserves wealth? Self-made billionaires and marital precipice In recent years, the sources of wealth for the super-rich have changed significantly. An increasing number of billionaires are self-made, building their fortunes through providing practical goods and services, rather than relying on inheritance or political connections. However, in the wealth structure of ordinary families, traditional notions of gender income remain remarkably entrenched. In American dual-income households, only about 30% of wives earn more than their husbands. Research shows that breaking the norm of men being the primary breadwinner incurs psychological costs. When wives become the main source of income, men's mental health and marital satisfaction for both partners are often challenged. 📈 Prediction markets challenge Wall Street and the principles of inflation-based investment In the financial world, people are constantly seeking new ways to price the future. "Prediction market" platforms such as Kalshi and Polymarket are growing rapidly, even attracting the attention of Wall Street institutions and hedge funds. Meanwhile, investors are adapting to a completely new macroeconomic scenario: inflation with "no landing." A growing number of market participants expect inflation to remain above the central bank's 2% target for an extended period. In this environment, investing in stocks or real assets with tangible returns has become a more effective way to hedge against inflation than buying bonds. 🤖 China's AI Goes Global to Shift Unemployment Pain and Luddism Faced with the rapid development of AI, the anxiety of modern white-collar workers about job displacement is reminiscent of the Luddites who smashed looms in the early 19th century. To avoid large-scale unemployment and social unrest caused by AI, Chinese AI companies (such as driverless taxis) are actively turning to overseas markets, exporting these services to Western countries lacking local labor. However, historically, what truly determines the speed and impact of new technology adoption is often not angry protesters, but the state apparatus wielding regulatory power. 🌍 600 Trillion Yuan in Book Wealth That the Real Economy Cannot Support Broadening the perspective to a global level, the world's balance sheets are severely deviating from the real economy. By 2025, global wealth is estimated to reach $600 trillion, approximately 5.1 times the global annual GDP. However, much of this wealth growth stems from soaring prices of existing assets (such as stocks), the so-called "paper wealth," rather than the accumulation of tangible assets that can substantially increase global wealth. This disconnect between asset prices and the real economy is testing the stability of future markets. #InvestmentRules #Inflation #MarketPrediction #ArtificialIntelligence #DriverlessTaxi #WealthRedistribution #Luddism #Macroeconomics #FinancialAnalysis #Investment #Macroeconomics #InternationalSituation #In-DepthAnalysis #InternationalCurrentAffairs #Geopolitics #PoliticalEconomicAnalysis #In-DepthAnalysis #InternationalNewsAnalysis #NextChapterReading #InternationalNews #TheEconomist ------------- 🎙️ AI Voice Notice The audio for this program is generated by Google and is artificial intelligence-synthesized audio. The content has been manually written, reviewed, and edited for information organization and sharing of viewpoints only. The audio quality is still being continuously adjusted and optimized; we apologize for the inconvenience. This program uses AI-generated voice provided by Google. All content is written, reviewed, and edited by a human. The audio is still being fine-tuned. Thank you for your understanding. 📚 Disclaimer The information and opinions in this video are for academic and news commentary purposes only and do not constitute any investment, business, or political advice. --------------- 💬 Thank you to every viewer who left a comment. I will not delete comments. If you don't see your comment, it may have been automatically blocked by the YouTub...