If you're looking for a Western apologist look elsewhere. That being said 'food insecurity' is in no way comparable to starving. We have the fattest poor people on the planet. There are a million and one ways to get food in the United States regardless of how broke you are. Also the inflation driving the 'hand to mouth' argument in the article is driven primarily by financial irresponsibility by the central planners in the US. Money printer go brrr.

The "overemployment" article is referring specifically to remote workers. That's not to keep up with inflation. That's free money. A ton of people started doing that during covid. Ive been at companies where they had to fire people because they weren't doing anything and just collecting a check. It was a huge joke online for over a year. I'm not denying that there are people that work two jobs but a lot of that is because they are competing with an endless deluge of low skilled labor pouring into the country everyday.

The problem with American debt is most of it is unsecured student debt. 300k mortgage debt is healthy if you have collateral. The solution is simple. Don't give 18 year olds 100k loans. When the government guarantees a loan for anything the price for that thing will increase dramatically in an economy driven by greed.

I'm the first one to say that the US should be more protective of the worker and stymie limitless immigration that undercuts the value of work but Communism or whatever term you feel like using to justify a centrally planned economy is equally wrong in the opposite direction. The answer is unsatisfying but it's a mix. How that mix is proportioned will depend on the culture of the people and what they value. Then as a people they can decide what to incentivize. At some point though you have to give individuals the ability to reap what they personally have sowed even if it is more (or less) than their neighbor.