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Global Growth3.3% Global Inflation3.8% Food Index125.3 Youth Unemployment12.4% Youth NEET260m Child Poverty412m Snapshot: IMF · FAO · ILO · World Bank · UNICEF · March 2026
Intelligence Desk 10 Selections · The State of the Mind
As I See It by Vayu Putra
Book · Featured Publication
As I See It
A human attempt to understand the world, without illusions. Written by Vayu Putra, this book explores the systems, assumptions, and inherited stories that shape how people think, behave, and make sense of the modern world.
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The Mind Economy 2026
Outlook 2026 · Featured
The Mind Economy: 2026
A flagship framing of the project’s core argument: growth may return, but belief, dignity, and stability do not automatically follow with it.
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The Final Stress Test
Systemic Design · Economy
The Final Stress Test
A study of why belief, not only growth, now decides whether institutions hold, fracture, or merely continue in appearance.
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Designed to Be Cheap
Wages · Political Economy
Designed to Be Cheap
An argument that low wages across the Global South are not accidental outcomes but structured results of policy, bargaining power, and design.
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Who Still Gets Paid to Learn
Education · Youth
Who Still Gets Paid to Learn
A study of how real opportunity depends not simply on school access, but on who can afford to keep learning without falling behind.
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The Uneducated Billion
Human Capital · Outlook 2026
The Uneducated Billion
A warning about the scale of the learning crisis across the Global South, where enrolment can rise while capability and long-term opportunity weaken.
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Exit Is the New Protest
Migration · Mobility
Exit Is the New Protest
A reading of migration as a vote of no confidence in institutions, where leaving becomes more meaningful than formal protest.
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Ethical Minimalism and the Institutional Condition of Modern Life
Philosophy · Institutions
Ethical Minimalism and the Institutional Condition
A philosophical essay on restraint, harm, scale, and the moral condition of modern institutions.
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Tin Tuna Index
Index · Affordability
Tin Tuna Index
A time-based affordability measure showing how many minutes of work are needed for a basic can of protein.
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The Meridian
From The Meridian
The Meridian
The Meridian publishes daily analysis, weekly articles, and a monthly magazine released between the 1st and 5th of each month.
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A time-based measure showing how many minutes of work are needed to buy a basic meal.

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Outlook 2026

The quarterly publication bringing together analysis, structure, and the wider argument of the project.

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