If so, why does it feel so shaky now?
The economy gets reported every day. Almost none of it is useful — not through dishonesty, but because condensing a complex behavioral science into a two-minute sound bite is structurally impossible. Add low public literacy, but high unearned confidence, and the official narrative becomes remarkably easy to control.
The gap between what we’re told and what the data shows is not accidental. It is the predictable result of political actors with every incentive to exploit it.
In February 2026, the U.S. President declared: “I think we have the greatest economy actually ever in history.”
Full year GDP growth in 2025 was 2.1% — down from 2.8% the year before. Inflation was re-accelerating. Seventy-four percent of Americans said the economy was poor or at best fair. The claim wasn’t analysis. It was a narrative with no obligation to the data.
So I built my own framework — reliable data, independent evaluation, an honest accounting of where things actually stand.
The Full Report:
Two questions follow the report.
The first is what you think?
The second — what should we do — is the harder one?
I have ideas. They’re open for debate.
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