The $15 Trillion Shock: What Governments Are Doing Before AGI Hits
The $15 Trillion Shock: What Governments Are Doing Before AGI Hits | Policy & Future AI Policy & Global Economics The $15 Trillion Shock: What Governments Are Doing Before AGI Hits A seismic economic disruption is already being planned for — in finance ministries, sovereign funds, and parliamentary back rooms you'll never hear about. February 2026 · 12 min read · Economics & Technology The race to Artificial General Intelligence is no longer purely a Silicon Valley obsession. Finance ministries, central banks, and parliamentary committees from Seoul to Riyadh are quietly — and urgently — recalibrating their economic frameworks. Not for AI assistants. Not for chatbots. For something fundamentally different: a machine that can do cognitive work across every domain . The stakes are unlike anything since the industrial revolution. When AGI-level systems can perform the work of lawyers, radiolo...