The Economics of Everyday Life

Episode two explores how the smallest daily choices—grocery lists, commutes, lunch breaks, subscriptions, impulse purchases—accumulate into the invisible engine driving global capitalism. Ezra Wade reveals how morning routines create supply chain reactions, how predictable human behavior shapes urban infrastructure, and how companies monetize the patterns we barely notice. From the economics of the commute to the psychology of auto-renewal, from strategic product placement to the financialization of habit, this episode traces how individual decisions multiply across populations to build markets, industries, and entire economic systems. Ezra shows that the economy isn't something happening elsewhere in boardrooms—it's constructed daily through millions of mundane repetitions that transform personal choices into collective infrastructure.

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