Children of the Lesser Economic Goods. Part One. A Primer. Collateralized Childhood: How Reaganomics Leveraged “Wholesomeness” to Save the Technical Class.

1980s Junk Bond Recovery: hyper-consumerism + deregulating the children's cathode ray nanny. 📺🛍️🛒

I wrote this series for those who need a different angle to digest today's bifurcated #economy. 💸

Full ~3,000-word primer is on Medium.👇

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#EconomicResearch #CabbagePatchKids

An editorial graphic titled 'Children of the Lesser Economic Goods.' It features a Cabbage Patch Kid in American flag attire positioned in front of a government motorcade and a financial market board, symbolizing the leverage of household nurseries to service junk bond debt.

A side-by-side comparison of a Cabbage Patch Kid and a Barbie doll, illustrating the U.S. "Nursery Economy" that surged from $2 billion in 1975 to $12 billion by 1986. The Cabbage Patch Kid on the left represents the aggressive retail "adoption" strategy engineered to offset 1980s interest rate shocks, while the Barbie doll on the right represents the established industry benchmark of the era. Barbie reportedly generated approximately $140 million in retail market sales.

I set out to write on the 1980s Cabbage Patch Kid craze. After consulting psychologists & reviewing corporate debt, I realized it wasn't random retail violence. It was Reagan-era ideology on "wholesomeness" to extract value from U.S. nurseries to pay off junk bonds.💰
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The Harmful Myth of Small Business Funding for Women and Minority Entrepreneurs "Free money" for women and minority entrepreneurs? It's a powerful narrative—and a harmful one. Michelle Bliss uncovers what happens at meet-the-lender events.

Kicking off my newsletter, "Stop Making Cents," by asking: Is there really a pot of "free money" for women and minority entrepreneurs? 💰

I went to a "meet-the-lender" event and I learned about the myths of funding from others who responded to my Qwoted requests.

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My goal: dive into topics by gathering candid, real-world insights from business owners & professionals.

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