But putting carrots and goodies and privileges and sticks aside, we should paraphrase the Fed Chair of Chicago from a few hours ago. He insinuated that when we zoom into our personal or perhaps even our national circumstances and situation, we find that the economy is good, but the “vibes” are bad, and we have to figure out why. How do you reconcile a good economy with bad “vibes” about it? It’s a good question and an intelligent one.
Moreover, the prevailing theory or the overriding factor is that “it’s the economy, stupid.” This is the quintessential American perspective on what constitutes the “good life” per se. It’s about the economy. But to address what the Fed Chair of Chicago said about how the economy is good but the “vibes” about the economy are bad and we have to figure out why, it all comes down to what can tip a good economy into going haywire! And no one needed me to give them the answer as to what can tip a good economy into going haywire or why a good economy can be tipped into going haywire. But of course, the answer is Russia! It takes war to tip a good economy into going haywire, and given that Russia can’t be softened with carrots and goodies, it follows that Russia will perhaps hastily tip the American economy into going haywire by compelling us to fight a forever war one way or another. And there are a variety of ways by which Russia can do it. Hence, the paradox of shitty “vibes” towards what is otherwise the best economy in the world.
Adam A. Azim 