2016 Postmortem
Related: About this forumA curious juxtaposition of thread titles
I cropped this out of a screen shot of the first page of GD earlier today, in my mind the juxtaposition of two such contradictory thread titles raises a lot of questions.

Fairgo
(1,571 posts)Nice catch.
elleng
(138,129 posts)The economy is supposed to be doing well, gdp/gnp and all that, but the reality in people's homes and minds differs.
One piece: GDP as a trick for masking neo-colonialism http://www.democraticunderground.com/111677732
another: Recession Watch: Inventory Glut, Iffy Consumer Demand Sink US Freight Volume http://www.democraticunderground.com/111677724
Aerows
(39,961 posts)will tell you that the evaluation on what constitutes inflation is horse hockey.
I honestly don't know how a person that doesn't know how to cook in this economy keeps their head above water.
TM99
(8,352 posts)and the other is propaganda brought to us by yet another Bill Clinton 1990's change.
One makes the job creators look and feel good inside. Presidents also get to secure their 'legacies' on a slight of hand.
The other shows us just how desperate and angry real people in the real world actually are.
Fumesucker
(45,851 posts)One group sees the one headline as their truth, the other sees the other headline as their truth.
TM99
(8,352 posts)the other is an illusion.
JaneyVee
(19,877 posts)Tying suicides to economics.
Fumesucker
(45,851 posts)See if that doesn't have some effect on your desire to continue living.
corkhead
(6,119 posts)given up and became a statistic in the first one.