Lee Duna@lemmy.nz to News@lemmy.worldEnglish · 10 months agoInflation has created a dark cloud over how everyday Americans view the economywww.cnbc.comexternal-linkmessage-square29fedilinkarrow-up1141arrow-down18cross-posted to: news@lemmy.world
arrow-up1133arrow-down1external-linkInflation has created a dark cloud over how everyday Americans view the economywww.cnbc.comLee Duna@lemmy.nz to News@lemmy.worldEnglish · 10 months agomessage-square29fedilinkcross-posted to: news@lemmy.world
minus-squareoriginalucifer@moist.catsweat.comlinkfedilinkarrow-up16arrow-down1·10 months 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-up10arrow-down1·10 months agoThe “economy” means the stock market. It’s what is important for capital gains. Guess who owns the news?
minus-squareSCB@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up2arrow-down1·10 months agoThe stock market was doing fine even when the economy was at its worst. 2008, this was not.
minus-squareSemi-Hemi-Demigod@kbin.sociallinkfedilinkarrow-up1·10 months 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!