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America Didn’t Get More Expensive — Your Time Got Cheaper (Extended Cut)

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Sean Tumilson and co-host Chuck the Bot explain why life feels so expensive and it feels like you have so little free time even when that may not be the reality...


Let’s Start With a Simple Question: How Much Did People Used to Work?

The Mid-Century Sweet Spot (That Wasn’t Normal)

The Break: When Time Stopped Gaining Value

Why “Hours Worked” Is a Misleading Metric

Now Let’s Compare You to Other Countries

So What Did Get Cheaper? Goods or Time?

A Different Way to Measure Standard of Living

Why This Happened (Structural, Not Moral)

So How Do You Make Your Time More Expensive?

The Quiet Truth


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America Didn’t Get More Expensive — Your Time Got Cheaper (Extended Cut)

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