• Cethin@lemmy.zip
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    3 hours ago

    The economy was getting better if you base “the economy” on stock values. The way politicians, especially neoliberals, measure the health of the economy is fundamentally misaligned with the experience of the average person. That’s on purpose though. They care more about the wealthy than the people.

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      The argument was based on real median wages returning to above where they were in 2019, unemployment being <5% and inflation dropping back to 2%.