It’s working exactly as designed.
You were told: “GDP growth = prosperity.”
Here’s the 2025 reality:
4.3% GDP growth.
$166 billion in corporate profits.
4.6% unemployment.
0% real income growth.
The economy grew.
You didn’t.
This isn’t a bug.
This is the feature.
The 20th century ran on a deal:
Your labor = their profit = your paycheck.
That deal is over.
Productivity now routes around workers.
AI handles the tasks.
Shareholders collect the gains.
You compete for what’s left.
KPMG’s chief economist on this data:
“I’ve never seen anything like it.”
40% of employers are planning AI workforce cuts.
Entry-level hiring in AI-exposed jobs: down 13%.
The Fed is cutting rates into a boom.
Why?
Because they know what the headline won’t tell you:
The jobs aren’t coming back.
The growth doesn’t need you.
The system isn’t broken.
It evolved past you.
By 2027, “jobless growth” won’t be an anomaly.
It’ll be the model.
The golden age is real.
It’s just not yours.