Instead of engaging in the data, opponents usually yell the equivalent of what you put “You’re just out of touch!” Or throw in an anecdote like “well my cousin is having a terrible time!”.
What’s going on the US is weirder than a “normal” economic problem. That’s what makes it so frustrating and politically polarizing.
Here's an old quote from the author, the esteemable Paul Krugman
“The growth of the Internet will slow drastically, as the flaw in ‘Metcalfe’s law’—which states that the number of potential connections in a network is proportional to the square of the number of participants—becomes apparent: most people have nothing to say to each other! By 2005 or so, it will become clear that the Internet’s impact on the economy has been no greater than the fax machine’s.”
I find it telling that instead of arguing with data, points presented, or any source of counter argument, you act like the only argument in this article is “it’s right because I say so.”
Much easier to dismiss a position as “can’t be right because you were wrong on something before” than actually think I guess.
Here’s the same jist from the economist: https://www.economist.com/leaders/2024/10/17/americas-econom...
If you want the thoughtful, smart, very right wing source on it, then check out the Cato institute: https://www.cato.org/commentary/americans-grim-views-decent-.... Which tries to explain it as basically “people get really mad about inflation even if technically as a whole they are better off”. But the Cato economists still concede that overall the economy is/was doing extremely well and things are improving for people that by standard economic measures looks really good.
https://www.politico.com/news/magazine/2025/02/11/democrats-...