Watch where people move. In 1845, one million Irish fled to America. Not because they read economic forecasts about the potato famine. Because their kids were starving.
In 1989, East Germans scaled the Berlin Wall. Not because they studied GDP data. Because West German grocery stores had bananas.
Today, migration flows from Honduras to Texas, from Syria to Germany, from the Philippines to Dubai. Each flow tells a story about where opportunity exists and where it doesn’t.
Here’s what’s fascinating: people are better economic indicators than economists.
The PhD’s with their models are always three months behind. But the family packing their lives into a truck? They already know.
Migration is the ultimate vote with your feet. And it’s the most reliable economic signal we have.
Pay attention to who’s leaving and who’s arriving. They’ll tell you everything you need to know about your economy’s future. Source: LinkedIn