Comments on: Americans Thriving (59.2%) and Enjoying A Lot of Their Day (73%) https://madelaineweiss.com/americans-thriving-59-2/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=americans-thriving-59-2 Board Certified Executive, Career, Life Coach, Licensed Psychotherapist Tue, 28 Sep 2021 19:35:48 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 By: Madelaine Weiss https://madelaineweiss.com/americans-thriving-59-2/#comment-237 Tue, 28 Sep 2021 19:35:48 +0000 https://madelaineweiss.com/?p=4339#comment-237 In reply to Steven Nisenbaum.

Agree with you, Steven, that no telling what the extent of future structural change will be. OTOH, world has always belonged to those most ready, willing, able to adapt —- and I suspect we can expect that will continue to be the case.

]]> By: Steven Nisenbaum https://madelaineweiss.com/americans-thriving-59-2/#comment-236 Tue, 28 Sep 2021 19:18:21 +0000 https://madelaineweiss.com/?p=4339#comment-236 I mostly agree with much of this. But I am persuaded by economists like Mohamed El-Erian (an Egyptian economist at Oxford and Cambridge) who explained on the PBS “Firing Line” broadcast yesterday (to moderater Margaret Hoover) that the post-pandemic dust has not yet entirely settled. Inflation is eroding purchasing power (hitting some harder than others), the supply chains have been disrupted, and though more dollars are available to consumers, the Federal Reserve is just starting to wean the workforce back off the pandemic entitlements. Work-Life balances and lifestyles have changed but the long-term implications are still not yet fully played out. That is also why the debate is so heated over Biden’s more expensive infrastructure renovation plan for not just roads/bridges/etc. construction but also human services and working family supports and healthcare. It remains to be seen just how things will be ultimately transformed for the Future.

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