
The Wall Street Journal
Jan 31, 2022 - 5 min
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The case for talking up the good news. "I think that if you look at the data, it supports the view that most people’s personal financial situation is pretty good right now." Are most Americans actually doing well financially nowadays? This instalment of Slow Boring argues that the US is troubled by negative distortions of the economic situation when other approaches show that it is in good shape.