Or we could choose to prioritise humans over the meaningless growth figures the US values. When the median income has barely changed or even shrunk overall growth number is irrelevant. In fact it's worse than irrelevant — it means your society is more uneven, which has many second order costs.
What we actually need to do is develop a political and economic language which values things people actually care about.
What we actually need to do is develop a political and economic language which values things people actually care about.