Cleanup and construction businesses are experiencing a boom, but the GDP growth is paid for by people who can least afford to do so:

"Other surprising beneficiaries of a warming planet are #PaydayLenders. Climate events cause significant short-term, high-cost spending that aren’t included in the budgets of most Americans."

(Which is yet another reminder that GDP is not a good benchmark for a nation's wellbeing).

https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2023-10-04/climate-destruction-fuels-a-growing-sector-of-the-us-economy

Many of us are privileged to borrow money by walking into a bank and asking for a loan, but millions of Americans are denied that genteel experience.

Instead, working Americans increasingly rely on #PaydayLenders and other usurers who charge sky-high interest rates, on top of penalties and fees, trapping borrowers in an endless cycle of indebtedness. This is an historical sign of a civilization in decline: productive workers require loans to engage in useful activities.

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