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Americans feel more and more glum, data shows. Economists are over it (www.usatoday.com)

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[–] Maeve@kbin.earth 77 points 6 days ago (2 children)

Since the pandemic, the economy and jobs market have recovered

Lie from the jump. The whole article is a lie, unless you're the upper arm of the k.

Gell-Mann amnesia, indeed.

[–] Natanael@infosec.pub 7 points 5 days ago

The current economy is literally propped up by investor money going into datacenters

[–] CurlyWurlies4All@slrpnk.net 5 points 5 days ago

"If we got into a world where 90% of the spending was done by 10% of people, we have to think about what does it mean for overall GDP (gross domestic product) growth and what is it going to mean for overall employment," Goolsbee said.

I love how the article felt the need to acknowledge this reality but then completely avoids interogating it, when already the Top 20% are responsible for 60% of spending.