PASSPORT · WHAT THIS ROOM DID
Why is a secure standard of living harder to reach than a generation ago?
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| structures | obstacles |
| opened | 08 Sep 2026 |
| who answered | 30 people in 2 group(s) · participant: 30 |
| wrote blind | not recorded |
| claims | 37 written, 20 structured |
| links certified | 21 |
| rooms on this question | 3 · counts toward the shared map |
| decided at | 75% of the votes cast |
| sealed | yes, members forgotten |
What it rests on- The measured rate of inflation is not the rate a young family faces
- Classification as self-employed removes protections without removing dependence
- Three employers in a town is not a market for workers
- Productivity rose and pay stopped following it
- A single wage no longer supports a household
- A household absorbs shocks that used to be absorbed by an institution
What it could not settlePublished as contested, never recorded as a no.
- none: every pair the room reached was settled
What was predicted to followWritten after the map settled. Nobody voted on it.
- Measure inflation for the essentials separately, and publish it — expected: the price of the things people cannot avoid buying has its own number — due 25 Sep 2027
What the room would doEach action judged against each root cause, at three quarters of the votes cast.
- Measure inflation for the essentials separately, and publish it
reduces: A household absorbs shocks that used to be absorbed by an institution - Competition policy that counts employers as well as sellers
reduces: Classification as self-employed removes protections without removing dependence - Tax the asset at the rate of the wage
reduces no root cause
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