Maybe what that means is that the economy (or perhaps society in general) is/are changing in ways that are genuinely new, and our understanding of it is lagging behind.
But why is it lagging, what feels to be, so far behind? Perhaps there's a reason to delay the truth? Because it's not pretty? Obama sold hope for 8 years. Trump is making America great again. This perception ponzi scheme can't keep going forever. Or can it?
Yeah, that's what I was trying to say with my "charitable interpretation", you articulated it much better.