To call-and-raise-the-Joneses, Americans increasingly take on foolish levels of…

To call-and-raise-the-Joneses, Americans increasingly take on foolish levels of debt.

— from Takeoff Into Chaos · Progresss Paradox: How Life Gets Better While People Feel Worse by Gregg Esaterbrook

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