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The current drive for control, including gambling and speculation, is functionally a response to financial nihilism: people no longer believing the economy works for them.
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- Kyla Scanlon Economic commentator and author of In This Economy?
I think it is functionally a response to financial nihilism, where people stop believing that the underlying economy is working for them and turn to gambling or some other seemingly quick fix instead to try and find stability.
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↗The Ozempicization of the Economykyla.substack.com
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