Lee Duna@lemmy.nz to News@lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 years agoInflation has created a dark cloud over how everyday Americans view the economywww.cnbc.comexternal-linkmessage-square40fedilinkarrow-up1178arrow-down18cross-posted to: [email protected]
arrow-up1170arrow-down1external-linkInflation has created a dark cloud over how everyday Americans view the economywww.cnbc.comLee Duna@lemmy.nz to News@lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 years agomessage-square40fedilinkcross-posted to: [email protected]
minus-squareoriginalucifer@moist.catsweat.comlinkfedilinkarrow-up23arrow-down3·2 years agoif ‘the economy’ is not really a metric the common man should care about in any capacity, why do news agencies push it like its the new god?
minus-squaremaynarkh@feddit.nllinkfedilinkarrow-up14arrow-down2·2 years agoThe “economy” means the stock market. It’s what is important for capital gains. Guess who owns the news?
minus-squareSCB@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up2arrow-down1·2 years agoThe stock market was doing fine even when the economy was at its worst. 2008, this was not.
minus-squareSemi-Hemi-Demigod@kbin.sociallinkfedilinkarrow-up1·2 years ago why do news agencies push it like its the new god? Because it is the new god. Praise The Holy Economy and Its Invisible Hand!
if ‘the economy’ is not really a metric the common man should care about in any capacity, why do news agencies push it like its the new god?
The “economy” means the stock market. It’s what is important for capital gains. Guess who owns the news?
The stock market was doing fine even when the economy was at its worst. 2008, this was not.
Because it is the new god. Praise The Holy Economy and Its Invisible Hand!