Economy

The K-shaped recovery just keeps getting more K-shaped — better for those at the top and worse at the bottom

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Residents line up to receive food distributed by the National Guard at Chelsea City Hall on April 17, 2020 in Chelsea, Massachusetts. Scott Eisen/Getty Images
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Juliana Kaplan
Juliana Kaplan is a senior reporter on the economy team, where she covers the labor force, kitchen table economics, and the people behind the numbers.She covers everything from DOGE to taxes to dynamic pricing to Mormon-mania in the US. She also frequently contributes longform pieces to BI's Discourse section on topics ranging from the economics of keeping you annoyed to the rise of greedflation.She graduated from Barnard College of Columbia University in 2019 with a bachelor's degree in English, concentrating in Creative Writing.You can email her at jkaplan@bjinnox.com, message her on Signal at julianakaplan.33, or follow her on LinkedIn. You can also find her on Reddit at u/julianakaplan.