With grocery prices up double digits since the pandemic, along with skyrocketing housing and rent costs, increasing daycare and construction and interest rates and -- the list goes on -- a lot of people are having a tough time in the 2024 economy.
On the other hand, the stock market has hit record growth, unemployment is low and the GDP is ticking along at a healthy clip.
Many baby boomers are living the dream while a disproportionate number of the younger generation struggles to keep a roof over their heads and pay for essentials. So, who are those people basking in the Caribbean all over your Instagram feed?
To make sense of it all, KCBS anchor Doug Sovern took you through an Audacy Conversation "Maxed Out: Surviving or thriving in turbulent times." The one-hour special report aired on NewsRadio 1080 KRLD at 7 p.m. on September 5. AVAILABLE HERE NOW.
Audacy News reporters and anchors across the country talk to experts and regular people to juxtapose those who are thriving against those who are barely surviving.
We discuss the big question: How can you thrive in these turbulent economic times?
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