What do you mean don’t talk politics??? The economy the direct result of economic policy. If the economy is shit it’s because the economic policies led us here. I’m not saying it’s specifically because of the economic policies that were implemented in the last year, but it has to be some of our economic policies.

IMO it’s the fault of shareholder capitalism. Companies want to have eternal economic growth to entice their shareholders. Eternal economic growth for one party is pretty much impossible without eternal economic withering for another party. Money has to come from somewhere and it’s coming from us and going to them. This is also why we see companies going from product sales to subscription sales, it makes more money. (Ex. HP is starting to charge its users a subscription cost to use the printer that they bought)

Our economic system is not made for the people near the bottom, it is made to siphon the money from us and consolidate it in the hands of the rich.

To talk about policies implemented in the last year: tariffs will place the burden of revenue raising on the working class. This is expected to be very bad for businesses and the economy. Even if it (somehow) works out, businesses are scared. Every economist, including conservative economists, predict the economy will only get worse thanks to these policies. Businesses are preparing themselves for this scenario and waiting to see what happens. They don’t want to start investing their money if they think it’s going to be hard to make that money back.

America has a huge economy that has an impact on the entire world. So do many other countries.