#Economic inequality
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🇺🇸 How the 'K-shaped' economy is showing up at two big U.S. gyms
[USA]
The outlooks of Life Time and Planet Fitness show the divergence in spending between higher- and lower-income consumers.
Related: #K-shaped economy, #Consumer spending, #Fitness industry, #Growth vs. Price Sensitivity -
🇺🇸 There are two Americas. Falling mortgage rates matter only to the wealthy one
[USA]
Protecting democracy requires making sure people feel that democracy is working for them.
Related: #Democracy and material well-being, #Political messaging -
🇺🇸 WATCH: Trump announces public retirement plan with federal match up to $1,000 at State of the Union
[USA]
Trump's address comes after 13 months of break-neck deregulation, a record number of executive actions, mass layoffs, aggressive immigration tactics and more.
Related: #Retirement policy, #Political challenges -
🇬🇧 If AI makes human labor obsolete, who decides who gets to eat?
[United Kingdom]
<p>Amid talk of artificial intelligence taking our jobs, the big unasked question is: how will we be fed?</p><p>How will we be fed? That’s the biggest question not seriously being addressed amid all t...
Related: #Democratic governance, #Technological disruption, #Power redistribution -
🇺🇸 William Hague: Britons in their 60s are the ‘luckiest generation’ in history
[USA]
Oxford university chancellor calls for ‘national conversation’ around young people facing high student debt and living costs
Related: #Intergenerational equity, #Education policy -
🇺🇸 The difficult choices faced by residents in one of America's poorest places
[USA]
McDowell County, West Virginia barely survived coal's collapse and the opioid crisis. Now cuts to food stamps and Medicaid threaten to push its poorest residents to the edge.
Related: #Rural poverty, #Government failure, #Community resilience -
🇬🇧 Bernie Sanders rails against billionaire ‘greed’ amid California tax battle
[United Kingdom]
<p>In a fiery speech in Los Angeles, the Vermont senator criticizes ‘grotesque’ levels of economic inequality</p><p>Billionaires are “treading on very, very thin ice,” Bernie Sanders warned on Wednesd...
Related: #Tax policy, #Billionaire wealth, #Political activism, #California politics -
🇺🇸 The 'boomcession': Why Americans feel left behind by a growing economy
[USA]
A combination of the words "boom" and "recession" can help explain why Americans feel so sour about a growing economy.
Related: #Perception of growth vs. individual financial reality, #Labor market disparities, #Living‑expense pressures, #Social impact of economic expansion