MacroeconomicsKorea's Growing Debt ProblemA TV plays in the background while Gi-Hun gets a new haircut. Financial concerns are growing in Korea and household debt is growing as a...
MacroeconomicsA Foreign Currency Jackpot to Teach Exchange RatesSquid Game starts with 456 players. Every time a player dies in, or outside an official game, SK ₩100 million is added to the prize fund....
MacroeconomicsPaying Off Debts and Aggregate DemandIn the first episode, 456 desperate contestants enter a game to win enough money to pay off their crippling debt and start fresh. South...
LaborLaid Off AutoworkersWhile a fight breaks out between players, Gi-hun ties the violence to his past as an autoworker. The flashback scene depicts the...