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America's 'fake rich': Debt-fueled pretense spreads as inequality widens
Original: One weird as hell result of the growing gap between the rich and everyone else? People who aren't rich, but pretend they
Commentators are highlighting a strange side effect of widening wealth inequality in the United States: people who are not wealthy living as if they were, financing the appearance of riches with debt. A widely shared opinion piece in The Hill argues America has effectively become 'a nation of fake rich people', with households borrowing to sustain lifestyles they cannot afford, calling the pattern financially unsustainable.
Why now: Growing public concern over inequality and rising household debt is prompting discussion about debt-fueled status spending.
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- One weird as hell result of the growing gap between the rich and everyone else? People who aren't rich, but pretend they are. Except it's unsustainable… > United in # debt : America has become a nation of fake rich people. https:// thehill.com/opinion/finance/61… · jackwilliambell@rustedneuron.com · 4
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