{
  "id": 13890,
  "url": "https://www.vox.com/future-perfect/493530/united-states-1976-bicentennial-economy-health-jobs",
  "title": "The US is better off than it was in 1976. So why does it feel worse?",
  "summary": "This story was originally published on June 29 in The Highlight. To get access to member-exclusive stories like this every month, become a Vox Member today. America in the summer of 1976 was not in a good place. The president who presided over the country’s bicentennial, President Gerald Ford, only had the job because the previous president […]",
  "authors": "Bryan Walsh",
  "category": "news",
  "topics": "jobs-economy",
  "orgs": null,
  "regions": "us",
  "published_at": "2026-07-27T10:16:00.000Z",
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  "source_slug": "x-vox-future-perfect",
  "source_name": "Vox Future Perfect",
  "source_homepage": "https://www.vox.com/future-perfect",
  "ethics_ai_record_url": "https://ethics.ai/record/13890",
  "original_url": "https://www.vox.com/future-perfect/493530/united-states-1976-bicentennial-economy-health-jobs",
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