minus-squarebobthened@feddit.uktoA Boring Dystopia@lemmy.world•Despite economic growth, 70% of Americans believe the economy is getting worselinkfedilinkarrow-up35·edit-22 months agoBecause the measures that economists use to measure the economy are not relevant to regular people. GDP tells you nothing about living standards. linkfedilink
minus-squarebobthened@feddit.uktoPolitical Memes@lemmy.world•There are too many of these people on lemmylinkfedilinkarrow-up1·edit-22 months agoThe USA has a higher rate of incarceration. linkfedilink
Because the measures that economists use to measure the economy are not relevant to regular people. GDP tells you nothing about living standards.