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Re:Economic Termites Are Everywhere: stats hide the experien... by CuriouslyC on Sunday June 09, 2024 @10:56AM (#40624862)
The vibecession isn't totally wrong, there are a lot of paradoxes you hear when you ask people about how they're doing vs how other people are doing, Paul Krugman has covered this a bit.

The middle class and up is doing well, basically anyone who has mortgage debt and a white collar job. Lower classes were doing well due to pandemic wage gains, but inflation and housing prices have now outpaced those.

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