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by abenga 265 days ago
Because we are counting people's wealth in significant fractions of a trillion dollars and young people around the world cannot afford homes no more?
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Prices of houses increased but others decreased. Life expectancy increased, consumption increased.
“Phones not homes.”
Consumption of overpriced crap, a.k.a. the lipstick effect [1].

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lipstick_effect