1. La Paradoja del Poder Adquisitivo: Estadísticas vs. Sentimiento del Consumidor.
Existe una fuerte discrepancia entre las métricas económicas agregadas, que a menudo indican un aumento en el poder adquisitivo mediano, y la percepción generalizada de que la vida se ha vuelto menos asequible, especialmente en bienes esenciales.
- Will looks at clean numbers costs of goods vs income but everybody knows the basic process of walking through the world has gotten more difficult, stressful, and expensive.
- Lastly ill just say that making these pedantic arguments that are technically mostly correct-- e.g., median purchasing power is higher now than in 2020-- glosses over sector-specific and segment-specific cost crises that are causing real pain for large numbers of people.
- Yeah turns out nobody gives a fuck about overall purchasing power. Nice metric you got there, too bad it fucking sucks.
2. El Impacto Desproporcionado de los Costos Inelásticos.
Aunque los bienes de consumo duraderos pueden ser más baratos, los costos de artículos esenciales como vivienda, atención médica y educación han aumentado drásticamente, erosionando el poder de compra de la clase media y trabajadora.
- However, a few key items healthcare, education, housing are increasingly expensive, and that makes people feel poorer.
- What matters is real purchasing power, and todays prices jumped far faster than wages. Thats why people feel the squeeze, not nostalgia about 25-cent gas.
- Isnt this because we conflate the idea of purchasing power across categories? just because people can buy more t-shirts and computers doesnt mean they can affordably attend university, buy a home, or get healthcare.
- To keep up with the purchasing power americans had in the 1970s the equivalent minimum wage would have to be 66 dollars per hour.
3. La Influencia de la Política y el Poder Corporativo.
Los usuarios culpan a las políticas gubernamentales (especialmente las tarifas y la inacción sobre los salarios) y a la concentración de poder corporativo por impulsar la inflación y reducir el poder de negociación de los trabajadores.
- If inflation comes up at the dinner table, dont forget to draw attention to a deeper structural driver of inflation corporate power. The food industry is dominated by a few corporate giants with the power to keep prices high because they face little competition.-robert reich.
- Trump economic adviser insists purchasing power has trump economic adviser kevin hassett drew heavy criticism after claiming purchasing power has risen, despite families struggling with.
- Wage increases comes from how much power workers have to bargain with employers. And as policies have intentionally weakened unions and worker leverage, wages have fallen behind.
- Only in an alternate trump reality does purchasing power increase while inflation is increasing. Hassetts ability to suck and blow at the same time while smirking like an idiot is breathtaking.