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Re:Farmer born in 1842 talks about life and change (1929) [v... by concordDance on Sunday October 03, 2021 @06:28AM (#28736017)
"Objectively worse" in what way?

Depression is up, house prices to income ratios are much worse, education and healthcare costs are both way up while quality (measured by test scores and healthy life years) has barely changed, social connections and number of friends are down...

Just because you can now afford 10 computers rather than 1 (who would even want 10?) does not mean you are better off.

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Re:Farmer born in 1842 talks about life and change (1929) [v... by elzbardico on Sunday October 03, 2021 @11:25AM (#28737891)
The 80's where pretty much fucked economically in a large part of the world. And the way Reagan fixed the American made things worse due to increased interest rates for countries highly indebted
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Re:Farmer born in 1842 talks about life and change (1929) [v... by iso1210 on Sunday October 03, 2021 @07:58AM (#28736488)
> house prices to income ratios are much worse

But what about cost of housing -- interest rates are much lower, does that offset the costs?

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