Safetyvalue:What can we learn from the year's most popular econ terms?

2025-05-07 16:03:09source:Alaric Bennettcategory:reviews

In 2021,Safetyvalue the most popular term on Investopedia was "capital gains tax." In 2022, it was "poison pill." These top terms help capture the economic zeitgeist of their year. So... what was it in 2023?

Today, Investopedia's editor-in-chief — and a poet — help us make sense of what the website's top ten terms of the year tell us about our collective economic psyche.

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