How are we measuring that? 

We need to stop measuring the quality of the economy by how much money is being made in a very broad sense, and instead by how much Americans are bringing home. I don’t give a shit if companies are reporting record profits, the median income worker simply is not getting what they used to. 

When the stock market rises, everyday people don’t see any improvement. Not a raise, not more vacation/sick days, not better working conditions. When it crashes, their lives shatter. Increasingly people are waking up to that. We’re probably around the peak of a boom, with a bust not far off. It doesn’t feel like it - economic anxiety is stronger than ever.