I make the case that if men start shaving regularly again, the world economy could roar back to life. There’s a curious pattern relating to the world’s economy and being clean-shaven worth exploring, read on and make your own mind up.

🪒Before the 2007/8 financial crash, the clean-shaven look dominated—think of the sharp-jawed, smooth-faced titans of industry and finance striding through Wall Street or the City of London. Beards were rare, relegated to the fringes: terrorists plotting in caves or geography teachers droning about erosion. Then, just as the subprime mortgage bubble burst and markets tanked, beards started sprouting everywhere. Hipsters, tech bros, and even regular Joes embraced the scruff—and since then, global wealth has struggled to regain its pre-crash swagger. Coincidence? Maybe not.

📉Look at the data points. Today, 95% of billionaires—men like Elon Musk, Jeff Bezos, and Warren Buffett—are clean-shaven. These are the guys steering the world’s economic ship, and they’re not hiding behind facial hair. Global leaders? Same story. From Donald Trump to Emmanuel Macron to Xi Jinping, the razor rules. The bearded exceptions—like a Fidel Castro or a pre-2000s Saddam Hussein—are either relics or outliers, often tied to chaos rather than prosperity. The message is clear: the men who shape the world’s wealth and power tend to keep their chins bare.

🤷🏻Why does this matter? Shaving isn’t just about aesthetics—it’s a signal. Studies show well-groomed men are seen as more competent and trustworthy—key traits for climbing corporate ladders or sealing billion-dollar deals. And let’s not ignore the romance angle: women, on average, prefer clean-shaven men, according to multiple surveys (like a 2016 study from the Journal of Evolutionary Biology). A man who attracts a partner is more likely to build a stable life, which fuels economic productivity—households form, homes get bought, kids need stuff. 

🧔Beards, meanwhile, can scream “I’ve checked out” or “I’m hiding something,” neither of which inspires confidence in markets or mates. Post-2007, as beards grew, we saw a cultural shift—less formality, more “authenticity.” But maybe that looseness bled into economic malaise. The world wealth pie hasn’t shrunk, but its growth has slowed, and inequality has spiked. The bearded era coincides with stagnant wages, tech monopolies, and a gig economy. Shaving could be the reset we need—a return to discipline, a rejection of sloppiness, a signal to the world that men are ready to take charge again.

👑🪒💷 So here’s my pitch: if men ditch the beards and pick up the razors, we might spark a virtuous cycle. Confidence rises, success follows, women swoon, families thrive, and spending surges. Businesses hire, markets rally, and the global economy shakes off its scruffy slump. It’s not just a shave—it’s a statement. The beard boom of 2008 marked the crash; a clean-shaven resurgence could mark the recovery. Time to sharpen those blades and save the world, one chin at a time. 

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#ShaveForSuccess with King of Shaves