Sahwa@reddthat.com to A Boring Dystopia@mander.xyz · 26 days agoEconomists agree: You’re not crazy for feeling like the rich get richer, and the poor are doing worse. Welcome to the ‘K-shaped economy’fortune.comexternal-linkmessage-square16fedilinkarrow-up1169arrow-down12
arrow-up1167arrow-down1external-linkEconomists agree: You’re not crazy for feeling like the rich get richer, and the poor are doing worse. Welcome to the ‘K-shaped economy’fortune.comSahwa@reddthat.com to A Boring Dystopia@mander.xyz · 26 days agomessage-square16fedilink
minus-squaregandalf_der_12te@discuss.tchncs.delinkfedilinkarrow-up11arrow-down1·25 days agoI don’t like calling it a “K-shaped” economy because it sounds like “ok-shaped economy” if you talk to people, and the economy is very much not OK. I’d rather call it a “R-shaped economy”, where “R” stands for republicans but also for ruin.
minus-squareRaiderkev@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·25 days agoI can think of another R word the economy reminds me of.
I don’t like calling it a “K-shaped” economy because it sounds like “ok-shaped economy” if you talk to people, and the economy is very much not OK.
I’d rather call it a “R-shaped economy”, where “R” stands for republicans but also for ruin.
I can think of another R word the economy reminds me of.