Study 29: Stressflation and Product Recalls: Why the 2025 Consumer Crisis Is Fueling the Secondhand Luxury Boom

The contemporary consumer landscape is defined by a profound, dual collapse. First, a pervasive economic anxiety, what this study defines as "Stressflation," has unmoored itself from macroeconomic data, creating a deep and persistent loss of faith in the ephemeral promise of abstract monetary systems. Second, this crisis of the abstract is mirrored by a tangible crisis of the concrete: a recent spate of high-profile product recalls across food, cosmetics, and pharmaceuticals has shattered public trust in the safety and quality of the mass-produced, disposable goods that define modern life.