As to the disconnect between personal finances and perception of the economy as a whole, it would be interesting to see an age breakdown. I am comfortable as a retiree (though vulnerable to serious disruption) but that is because I accumulated significant assets during good times. I am living on fossil money. Later generations never had …
As to the disconnect between personal finances and perception of the economy as a whole, it would be interesting to see an age breakdown. I am comfortable as a retiree (though vulnerable to serious disruption) but that is because I accumulated significant assets during good times. I am living on fossil money. Later generations never had the good times to do the accumulation. Barring the first three years of Trump, it has been one disaster after another since 2008, at least.
As to the disconnect between personal finances and perception of the economy as a whole, it would be interesting to see an age breakdown. I am comfortable as a retiree (though vulnerable to serious disruption) but that is because I accumulated significant assets during good times. I am living on fossil money. Later generations never had the good times to do the accumulation. Barring the first three years of Trump, it has been one disaster after another since 2008, at least.