• crusa187@lemmy.ml
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    8 months ago

    What you’ve got to start realizing is that their economy is not our economy.

    I think you’ve really identified to crux of the matter here. The stock market is not the economy. To rich DC insiders, it’s everything, but to the other 99% of us, who gives a shit? Wake me up when we can do insider trading too I guess.

    The meteoric rise of a select few chip manufacturers is what’s driving this “strong economy”, btw. How on earth is that considered sustainable economic success?

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      8 months ago

      I think it’s the wage growth, lower inflation, and longest sustained low unemployment of my lifetime that drive that economic success.

      I do however agree that too much attention is paid to the stock market, and that wage growth isn’t high enough.

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        8 months ago

        Well considering wages have remained stagnant since the 1970’s, compared to skyrocketing productivity, I’m inclined to agree!