A lot of that other negative stuff is thought to be downstream of unemployment  and inflation, so it might not be as lacking of an indicator as it initially seems.

Yes I would think it needs some measures beyond economic ones. 

grayruby

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The Misery Index Shows Bidenomics is Failing

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Well, this is only the Misery II index. We could add other stuff and make a Misery III index.

What would you most want to add? 

Bankruptcy rate came to mind for me. It has to be something fairly small, so that it doesn't dominate unemployment and inflation. Maybe things like incarceration or net mortality rates.