Americans have depleted their excess savings and are now depleting their credit lines as well. The percentage with delinquent credit card debt is approaching the peak at the end of the dotcom bubble.

☆ Yσɠƚԋσʂ ☆@lemmy.ml · 6 months ago

Americans have depleted their excess savings and are now depleting their credit lines as well. The percentage with delinquent credit card debt is approaching the peak at the end of the dotcom bubble.

☆ Yσɠƚԋσʂ ☆@lemmy.ml · 6 months ago

It’s even worse than that because a lot of the GDP comes from the industries that are actively harmful to society. Private health insurance is a perfect example, it’s an industry that profits of basic needs of the people, and it’s making the working majority poorer and less healthy. Yet, it bolsters the GDP on paper.

Americans have depleted their excess savings and are now depleting their credit lines as well. The percentage with delinquent credit card debt is approaching the peak at the end of the dotcom bubble.

Americans have depleted their excess savings and are now depleting their credit lines as well. The percentage with delinquent credit card debt is approaching the peak at the end of the dotcom bubble.

The great American boom is finally running out of steam, leaving mountains of debt