Global Schadenfreude: How America’s $1,400 Stimulus Checks Became the World’s Punchline and Lifeline
When the United States started firing $1,400 digital confetti poppers directly into citizens’ bank accounts last month, the rest of the planet simultaneously felt two things: envy for the free money and schadenfreude for the circus that preceded it. From Berlin to Bogotá, heads of state—most of whom would sell a kidney for the privilege…