The economy isn’t stale and stagnant. The labor employment market is strong but extremely finicky. Also, like falling gas prices with strong supply, prices have fallen because the corporations have discovered a 2.2 billion person reserve that is fighting like made to have the skills needed to serve in the companies.
With globalization, the era again has shifted for the American worker, first from agrarian to industrial, then industrial to white collar service, now from service to talent.
The hardest part to realize is that even though you’re a highly skilled, highly educated, accomplished professional, if you’re just a doer, you’re a commodity. Two billion people can do, much fewer can create.