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World Economy Hub maps the questions experts disagree on — inflation, growth, energy, debt — the data behind each position, and the political decisions their disagreements shape.

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Four economies, one indicator at a time. Click a country to isolate it. Hover the chart to see every value, every year, every source disagreement.

FIG. 01·§01·1978–2024·4 ECONOMIES·5 EVENTS·CROSS-CHECKED 3 SOURCES
GDP GROWTH
25%20%15%10%5%0%-5%-10%19781985199019952000200520102015202020241978 · CHN1979 · USA2001 · CHN2008 · GLOBAL2020 · GLOBAL
Sources · WB-WDI · IMF-WEO · PBoC · Truth Ledger consensusHover for year-by-year values
§02Library · sources

The world's sources, in one ledger.

Public institutions, research labs, and the world's universities — indexed, cross-referenced, kept current. We don't replicate a single figure ; we publish the disagreement.

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§03Divergence · the gap that mattered
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FIG. 03ARGInflation CPI · 2005 – 2018
INDEC (official) IMF / private Spread
40%30%20%10%0%20052007200920112013201520172013 · SPREAD17pp · the real story
SOURCE · INDEC + IMF + WEH consensusSPREAD SHOWN IN ROSE

Truth is rarely one number. We publish the spread.

Argentina 2007 – 2015 : official INDEC inflation said 8%. IMF and independent estimates said 25%. Most data portals pick one and move on. We show both — and the gap that tells you why the answer matters.

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§04Political layer
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Today did not happen by accident.

Each contemporary economic landscape read backwards as a sequence of political decisions, each with its data signature. We start with these five.

1978CHN

Deng reforms

40 yrs of 8.4% avg. growth

Coming · §05
1979USA

Volcker tightening

Inflation broken, recession

Coming · §05
1983FRA

Mitterrand U-turn

End of Keynesian France

Coming · §05
1991IND

Rao-Singh reforms

Opening to global markets

Coming · §05
2008USA

TARP & bailouts

Banks saved, populism born

Coming · §05
§05Forum · debates
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Numbers debated. Theories scrutinized.

Six opening questions, debated by named experts, anchored to the data. The forum itself opens with the /atlas chat layer.

Q.01FRA
412
positions

Is France's public debt really unsustainable?

Olivier Blanchard · PIIE
Sample verdict
38% yes15% mixed47% no
Q.02USA
289
positions

Did Reagan's deregulation cause today's inequality?

Joseph Stiglitz · Columbia
Sample verdict
56% yes22% mixed22% no
Q.03CHN
188
positions

Has China's growth model finally peaked?

Justin Yifu Lin · Peking U.
Opens with forum
Q.04IND
142
positions

Can India sustain 7% growth through 2030?

Raghuram Rajan · Chicago Booth
Opens with forum
Q.05G20
623
positions

Did COVID stimulus cause the inflation we lived through?

Summers vs. Krugman
Sample verdict
42% yes17% mixed41% no
Q.06EUR
247
positions

Is the ECB too restrictive — or not enough ?

Lagarde · Villeroy de Galhau
Opens with forum
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