this post was submitted on 20 Aug 2024
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A Boring Dystopia

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[–] avidamoeba@lemmy.ca 2 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

What you're showing is the past. People's expectations drive the future, quite literally, by changing their spending and other decisions based on those expectations. If a third of people are looking for a job, this will have significant effects in the near term.