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Re:U.S. Economy Shrinks at 4.8% Pace, Signaling Start of Rec... by SpicyLemonZest on Wednesday April 29, 2020 @10:11AM (#23019435)
Metrics like that would be a lot more directly meaningful, but the problem is they're impossible to measure. How would you find out what the average purchasing power is on a day-to-day basis?
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Re:U.S. Economy Shrinks at 4.8% Pace, Signaling Start of Rec... by Ididntdothis on Wednesday April 29, 2020 @10:21AM (#23019573)
On a day to day basis it would be hard but I think a lot of long term policies could be modified for this goal.
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Re:U.S. Economy Shrinks at 4.8% Pace, Signaling Start of Rec... by SpicyLemonZest on Wednesday April 29, 2020 @11:12AM (#23020191)
I think they are. Plenty of people talk about the wealth gap and such. There's just no single number to condense the "average people ought to be able to get a lot of stuff" intuition.
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