{"id":2155,"date":"2026-04-03T14:00:00","date_gmt":"2026-04-03T05:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lp.spep.co.kr\/?p=2155"},"modified":"2026-04-02T13:29:41","modified_gmt":"2026-04-02T04:29:41","slug":"whats-the-reason-behind-the-k-shaped-economy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lp.spep.co.kr\/?p=2155","title":{"rendered":"What\u2019s the Reason Behind the K-Shaped Economy?"},"content":{"rendered":"<!-- wp:themify-builder\/canvas \/-->\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<div class=\"post-video\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Why America\u2019s &#039;K-Shaped&#039; Economy Is Here To Stay\" width=\"1165\" height=\"655\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/nQGMQqAqjvw?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><mark style=\"background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);color:#0272b2\" class=\"has-inline-color\">VOCABULARY &amp; EXPRESSIONS<\/mark><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><mark>inequality gap<\/mark>: <\/strong>\ubd88\ud3c9\ub4f1 \uaca9\ucc28<br>It pretty much describes the country&#8217;s worsening <strong><em>inequality gap<\/em><\/strong>.<br><br><strong><mark>classified<\/mark>: <\/strong>\uc8fc\uc81c\ubcc4\ub85c \ubd84\ub958\ub41c<br><strong><mark>recession<\/mark>: <\/strong>\uacbd\uae30 \ud6c4\ud1f4<br>Economies can be <strong><em>classified<\/em><\/strong> in a few different ways as they rebound from a <strong><em>recession<\/em><\/strong>.<br><br><strong><mark>splurge<\/mark>: <\/strong>\ub3c8\uc744 \ubb3c \uc4f0\ub4ef \uc4f0\ub2e4<br>The K-shaped recovery explains how high income consumers continue to <strong><em>splurge<\/em><\/strong> on luxury goods, homes and travel, all while keeping their jobs during the pandemic.<br><br><strong><mark>spectrum<\/mark>: <\/strong>\ubc94\uc704<br><strong><mark>groceries<\/mark>: <\/strong>\uc2dd\ub8cc\ud488<br>Consumers on the lower end of the <strong><em>spectrum<\/em><\/strong> are struggling to afford basic necessities like housing and <strong><em>groceries<\/em><\/strong>.<br><br><strong><mark>wealth concentration<\/mark>: <\/strong>\ubd80\uc758 \uc9d1\uc911<br>A key measure of <strong><em>wealth concentration<\/em><\/strong>, or the amount of wealth held by a select few, is sitting at a 60 year peak.<br><br><strong><mark>disrupt<\/mark>: <\/strong>\ubc29\ud574\ud558\ub2e4<br>And outside of politics, AI will likely <strong><em>disrupt<\/em><\/strong> who will get well-paying jobs.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>VOCABULARY &amp; EXPRESSIONS inequality gap: \ubd88\ud3c9\ub4f1 \uaca9\ucc28It pretty much describes the country&#8217;s worsening inequality gap. classified: \uc8fc\uc81c\ubcc4\ub85c \ubd84\ub958\ub41crecession: \uacbd\uae30 \ud6c4\ud1f4Economies can be classified in a few different ways as they rebound from a recession. splurge: \ub3c8\uc744 \ubb3c \uc4f0\ub4ef \uc4f0\ub2e4The K-shaped recovery explains how high income consumers continue to splurge on luxury goods, homes and travel, [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"content-type":"","_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[64],"tags":[86,78,79],"builder_content":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lp.spep.co.kr\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2155"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lp.spep.co.kr\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lp.spep.co.kr\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lp.spep.co.kr\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lp.spep.co.kr\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=2155"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/lp.spep.co.kr\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2155\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2159,"href":"https:\/\/lp.spep.co.kr\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2155\/revisions\/2159"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lp.spep.co.kr\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=2155"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lp.spep.co.kr\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=2155"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lp.spep.co.kr\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=2155"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}