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fromJezebel
2 weeks ago

The True Poverty Line Is not $140,000, But It's Still Shockingly High

Public economic sentiment is far more negative than objective indicators, with low consumer confidence and widespread misperceptions despite steady GDP and low unemployment.
fromVulture
3 months ago

What Kyla Scanlon Is Listening To

At some point over the past year, Kyla Scanlon seemed to be everywhere - at least on my feeds. I first heard her on Bloomberg's Odd Lots in the summer of 2024, tied to the release of her book In This Economy?: How Money & Markets Really Work, which is a kind of economics primer for the TikTok generation. Recently, she surfaced on The Ezra Klein Show, expanding on a Substack post about the political juice of both Zohran Mamdani and Donald Trump,
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fromFortune
5 months ago

Bad 'vibes' may be having a bigger impact on the economy now

Consumer sentiment is increasingly negative as key economic supports dwindle, potentially reflecting a realignment between confidence and actual spending behaviors.
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