The economy may still be growing, but for millions of workers, the cost of simply getting by keeps rising.
In this segment, we examine the growing affordability crisis from multiple angles: record-high August gas prices, wages struggling to keep pace with inflation, mounting recession warnings, soaring government and corporate borrowing costs, rising grain prices, and the increasingly disturbing use of buy-now-pay-later services to cover basic expenses like rent and utilities.
The economy can grow. Corporate profits can grow. AI investment can grow. And workers can still get poorer.
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