The stock market’s recent strength has been attributed to many things. First among them is the emergence of artificial intelligence (AI) as an economic force.
I would argue that there is another economic force that has been unleashed on the world that may turn out to have even more economic value than AI. It goes by the name glucagon-like peptide-1, or GLP-1 for short.
GLP-1 occurs naturally in the body and helps lower blood sugar and promote weight loss. And now that the healthcare industry has figured out how to produce and administer GLP-1 drugs on a global basis, the world may be on the verge of a huge increase in human productivity.
This post originally appeared at Investing Daily.