Yep...between the record high gas prices & unemployment, this is a no-brainer: Shadow Stat Misery Index Highest on Record
Nest eggs are empty... Most Americans can't afford a $1,000 emergency expense August 10, 2011: It's less than the cost of a car repair, but many Americans would struggle to come up with $1,000.
"Shadow stats"? 10-15% unemployment in the late 90s? Are you kidding me? Yeah, who can forget how tough it was to get a job in the late 90s! If you didn't barf on your interviewer you got a job in the late 1990s. Shadow stats. What a joke.
gee I wonder why. read this horrid vomit inducing behavior of our "watchdogs". and wonder why everbody's nest eggs are empty.http://www.rollingstone.com/politic...wall-street-crimes-20110817?link=mostpopular3
Really can't see the point of it. It comes across like a tabloid version of concepts from the Phillips Curve. And why use the term misery? Might as well use a properly conducted happiness index and look for data trends.