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The Top Is Spending Like Nothing's Wrong

13 May 2026 · 0 min

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In this commentary, the speaker contrasts the ongoing lavish consumption of the economic elite with the prolonged recession experienced by lower‑income households. They note that luxury travel bookings, high‑end real‑estate transactions, and stock‑market highs continue unabated for the wealthy, indicating that for this group “nothing is wrong.” Conversely, the speaker argues that people at the bottom have been living in a recession for years, and that the conventional definition of a recession has shifted over time to mask this reality. The piece serves as a critique of growing economic inequality and a call to re‑examine how recessions are defined and perceived.

People at the top are spending like nothing is wrong. Luxury travel is booking up still. It has not stopped. High-end real estate is moving. We see the stock market, you know, has made all-time highs. People at the top are spending like nothing is wrong because for them, nothing is wrong. The people at the bottom, if you haven't realized it, they've been in a recession for years already. I've been saying for a long time that the definition of recession has just changed over time.