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Evidenced report after report shows that poverty is rising fast in wealthy countries. In the UK, a G7 economy, people in full time employment doing a decent job (eg teachers) can't afford to buy a home or pay the rent and rely on food banks. Life expectancy is decreasing too. This is the first time this is happening after many decades. You would think that in a G7 economy these people would at least be able to survive, or even thrive. Instead, people have to make a choice between 'heating and eating', and young people are forced to live with their parents in their 30s.
There are many reports on children poverty too. This is not going to end well.
Frankly, the rising standards and choice narratives are not just misguided. They are insulting.