Rigged: Understanding ‘the economy’ in Brexit Britain — Who Gets to Define the Economy?

What if people arguing about “the economy” are not actually imagining the same thing?Welcome to Crisis in Perception, where we examine the systems shaping our world.Using Rigged: Understanding ‘the economy’ in Brexit Britain by Anna Killick as our lens, this investigation explores how lived economic experience influences what people believe “the economy” actually is.Killick’s political ethnography uncovers contrasting economic worlds within the same city. Higher-income participants generally describe an economy they understand, follow and expect can benefit them. Lower-income participants more often encounter economic systems through insecure work, debt, austerity and financial struggle, producing greater distance from official economic language and, among many, a perception that the rules favor the wealthy.The deeper systems question concerns the relationship between experience, abstraction and expertise. National indicators and standardized political categories can describe economic conditions from above, while individuals construct their understanding from the consequences they experience below.The episode traces economic security, debt, austerity, institutional expertise, political communication, trust and the feedback loop that can emerge when official economic language feels increasingly disconnected from lived reality.📺 Watch on YouTube:https://youtu.be/UsNnbE00gTY❤️ Support / Episode Post on Patreon:https://www.patreon.com/CrisisinPerception/posts/rigged-economy-166252522?utm_medium=clipboard_copy&utm_source=copyLink&utm_campaign=postshare_creator&utm_content=join_linkIf these ideas resonate, consider reading the work yourself or borrowing it from your local library. Supporting authors and libraries helps keep critical inquiry accessible.If you value systems-level analysis like this, please follow, rate, and share the project.This content was created using AI-assisted tools for research synthesis, structuring, and narration support. All analysis, framing, and editorial decisions are guided by human judgment as part of the Crisis in Perception project.