The most surprising feature of the current oil crisis is that it does not really feel like a crisis. Oil and gas prices may be high and many people are struggling to cope with rising energy bills, but at a macro level, the world’s largest economies have grown consistently in the past two years. Hardly is our fear realized—that high energy costs will force an economic downturn, much less a recession. What explains this disconnect between expectation and reality?

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