tl;dr: prosperity + inequality. But for some reason “inequality” gets glossed as “skepticism”. It’s apparently all in their heads—comparing themselves to othe

tl;dr: prosperity + inequality. But for some reason “inequality” gets glossed as “skepticism”. It’s apparently all in their heads—comparing themselves to others on social media—even though getting laid off and having no short-term prospects as long as the pandemic is going on is something to worry about in absolute terms, not just in relative terms. I think that it’s good that we worry about how the economy is doing for all of us, not just the fictious average person.