Maybe we're arguing for different things. If you can figure how to reset affordability to the 1960s, let me in on the secret. Otherwise, I'll be looking at which direction things are moving compared to recent years.Whether the majority of Americans are better off now is measured in absurd ways to gaslight the public. The vast majority of expenses are up now in ways that are not measured in "core CPI" and have been going up for a long time as Oren Cass explains. Try telling the respondents to the Dallas Fed's survey on inflation that they're better off now, ACKSHUALLY.
Homeownership rates, for example, is better today than it was in 2018.