“There’s this wild disconnect between what people are experiencing and what economists are experiencing,” says Nikki Cimino, a recruiter in Denver.
“There’s this wild disconnect between what people are experiencing and what economists are experiencing,” says Nikki Cimino, a recruiter in Denver.
I generally agree with you. Just want to address this one point.
Newer appliances break down at a much faster rate and are more difficult to repair than those made a decade ago. Planned obsolescence. Your microwave hasn’t broken because it’s a decade old.
Well, the internal light did burn out, and for some strange reason it can only be replaced by half-disassembling the whole microwave so I never bothered. The internal light doesn’t help the microwave do its job.
Perhaps if it does eventually fail in a more meaningful way I’ll look into getting a second-hand one, if the newer models have such a propensity for breaking down.
In many cases the tradeoff is worse energy efficiency for older models, but it still pencils out to get an older one most of the time.
Free Microwaves show up all the time on Craigslist or buynothing groups btw.