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When economic adaptation feels performative

I started coupon clipping for the first time in my life and I feel like I am play-acting at being poor while actual poor people probably think I am ridiculous.

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More people experience this than they realize.

What we've seen

Sudden shifts in economic status create identity confusion about authenticity of new survival behaviors within unfamiliar social territory.

Ideas that help explain it
Worth thinking about

“Where Are You with Recessions and financial crises — what they are?”

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