America vs. Singapore: You Can't Save Your Way Out of Economic Shocks
Hacker News
New research suggests that saving regret is driven more by exposure to negative economic shocks than by individual procrastination or lack of self-control. While behavioral economics often blames under-saving on human inertia, the data shows that a country's ability to absorb these shocks is the true determining factor.
最後,討論也觸及了美國社會福利的現狀。有意見認為美國並非缺乏福利,而是資源分配不均且效率低下,例如社會安全保障與醫療保險佔據了龐大預算,但對於正值工作年齡、面臨勞動力市場波動的群體來說,保障依然顯得薄弱。這種制度上的不對稱,使得美國勞工在面對自動化或 AI 帶來的職業轉型壓力時,比新加坡勞工感到更多的焦慮與財務不安全感。