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All hail the Great American Apocalypse! Another good one by Zach Weinersmith and Saturday Morning Breakfast Cereal.

Discussions about the American economy, largest in the world, can elicit starkly different reactions depending who you ask. For those in the upper echelons, things are going pretty well. The stock market is up, meaning good returns on retirement accounts, housing prices remain high, which is great if you already own. For those without a portfolio and/or real estate, things look much more dire. Inflation is up and wages aren't keeping pace. It is very troubling that this glaring disconnect is not clearly represented in the many economic indicators and statistics used by lawmakers. Politico goes into detail in their article Voters Were Right About the Economy. The Data Was Wrong.