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  • But that's not what they tell pollsters

    From JAB@21:1/5 to All on Sat Jan 6 21:01:43 2024
    Inflation and crime have both plunged, roughly back to prepandemic.
    And people are behaving as if the nation is both prosperous and safe.
    But that's not what they tell pollsters

    https://twitter.com/paulkrugman/status/1741857863436263929

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  • From JAB@21:1/5 to All on Mon Jan 8 18:09:04 2024
    DECEMBER 1, 2023

    Social scientists are on the case about why Americans feel so negative
    about an economy that is objectively great. Part of the puzzle is
    consumers are "behaving" as if they think the economy is good while
    saying it's bad. Here I spot a parallel with attitudes to democracy

    https://www.npr.org/2023/12/01/1197955840/planet-money-consumer-sentiment

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