I didn't see anything in the paper or at the link where they talk about how they model or decide how the "economy has been great" -- they talk about their model and stock market returns, etc... but never how they decide how a/the economy is doing.

Am I missing something?

If they and their pals are doing alright, then the economy is fine

The number of millionaires has tripled in the last 4 years. Corporate profits are amazing. If Biden had been a Republican they’d be carving Rushmore now.

https://www.statista.com/chart/30671/number-of-millionaires-...

https://robertreich.substack.com/p/corporate-soaring-profits...