Commodity Culture: The Economy is Way Worse than Most Understand

In a recent episode of Commodity Culture, host Jesse Day sat down with Melody Wright, a renowned analyst specializing in real estate, macroeconomics, and technology, to discuss the current state of the U.S. economy and housing market as we head into 2026. The conversation was enlightening, to say the least, painting a starkly different picture than the one often presented in mainstream narratives. Wright’s assessment is sobering, to say the least, revealing a landscape marked by widespread economic distress, a housing market on the brink of further turmoil, and a tech sector riding a potentially unsustainable wave of AI-driven hype….