How Did a Billionaire Reality TV Star Become the Working Man’s Hero?

Social science and an economist have the answer.

T. J. Brearton
ILLUMINATION
Published in
7 min readMar 1, 2024

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The United States is in decline. At least, according to economist Ray Dalio, who’s been studying the rise and fall of empires for most of his life. And according to many people on the street, at least according to this video by “More Perfect Union” with John Russell…

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