I think the next downturn will prompt the investigation for new indicators to measure economic health. What does the number of food assistance enrollees measure if the government makes it much harder to receive assistance? What does the labor participation rate matter if you have millions of low-wage workers completely miserable (and from my experience, start abusing drugs because of that misery).
I'm just blowing steam here, but it feels like the economy and it's measures has been decoupled from a large segment of society.
I'm just blowing steam here, but it feels like the economy and it's measures has been decoupled from a large segment of society.