“This Year’s Economic Indicators Seem to Recover But Learned Helplessness Deepens”,
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, “Although the KOSPI index surpassed the 4200 mark for the first time in history, signaling the warmth of economic recovery, a survey released on the 6th indicates that the public’s evaluation of the economy has hit its lowest point since 2020.”,
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, “According to a social issue perception survey conducted by the Center for Social Enterprise Studies (CSES), a nonprofit research foundation established by SK Group, in partnership with the social issue-solving consulting firm Triplite, the public rated the national economy at 3.88 out of 10. This is the lowest score since the survey began. In 2020, it was 5.13.”,
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, “This contrasts with the recovery shown by South Korea’s GDP growth rate, which turned from a 0.2% contraction in the second quarter of last year to a 0.7% growth in the second quarter of this year.”,
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, “Na Seok-gwon, the CEO of CSES, analyzed, ‘Although this year’s economic indicators seem to recover, it is crucial to expand social capital that can change people’s negative mindset in a situation where learned helplessness does not improve.'”,
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, “In particular, the level of personal happiness, which recorded its highest at 6.54 points last year, turned downward to 6.34 points this year. The negative impact of social issues on people’s lives also rose from 6.54 points in 2020 to 6.97 points this year, the highest since the survey began.”,
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, “The proportion of people who perceive themselves as middle class was 39.5%. This is significantly lower than the 59.3% middle-class rate compiled by Statistics Korea in 2023, suggesting that people may be rating their social class lower than reality.”,
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, “The proportion of respondents who said they have no one around them to rely on nearly doubled from 4.1% last year to 9.8% this year.”,
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