{"id":23254,"date":"2026-07-31T15:40:30","date_gmt":"2026-07-31T10:40:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/usnews-14267fa.ingress-comporellon.ewp.live\/?p=23254"},"modified":"2026-07-31T15:40:30","modified_gmt":"2026-07-31T10:40:30","slug":"the-issue-ceos-cant-afford-to-ignore","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/usnews-14267fa.ingress-comporellon.ewp.live\/?p=23254","title":{"rendered":"The issue CEOs can&#039;t afford to ignore"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><script>\r\n  atOptions = {\r\n    'key' : '644b717812d811d6a1c1fc5b6ccd6fa6',\r\n    'format' : 'iframe',\r\n    'height' : 90,\r\n    'width' : 728,\r\n    'params' : {}\r\n  };\r\n<\/script>\r\n<script src=\"https:\/\/www.highperformanceformat.com\/644b717812d811d6a1c1fc5b6ccd6fa6\/invoke.js\"><\/script>\r\n<br \/>\n<br \/><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/datawrapper.dwcdn.net\/7v8OC\/fallback.png\" \/><\/p>\n<div>Data: Brunswick Group and Echelon Insights; Chart: Sara Wise\/Axios<\/div>\n<p>CEOs face an increasingly skeptical American public that&#8217;s laser-focused on affordability and fairness, according to polling from the Brunswick Group and Echelon Insights provided first to Axios.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Why it matters: <\/strong>With the midterms less than 100 days away, the results show corporate leaders need to build trust through consistency and neutrality \u2014\u00a0rather than trying to chase political headwinds.<\/p>\n<hr>\n<p><strong>By the numbers: <\/strong>41% of Americans surveyed said a topic linked to affordability (cost of living, the economy, jobs) is the biggest issue facing the country right now.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Asked what they&#8217;d tell CEOs about life in America today, a quarter of respondents pointed to high costs, while another 23% cited greed or inequality.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Between the lines: <\/strong>This is all happening as upcoming AI IPOs <a href=\"https:\/\/www.axios.com\/2026\/05\/29\/ai-billionaires-tech-taxes-wealth\" target=\"_blank\">could mint<\/a> some of the richest people in human history, even as those same executives <a href=\"https:\/\/www.axios.com\/2026\/06\/30\/ai-job-loss-anthropic-dario\" target=\"_blank\">have walked back their predictions<\/a> of mass job loss from the technology.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Even still, 87% of Americans think our economic system works well for large companies \u2014 but only about half think it does the same for people like them.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>The bottom line: <\/strong>Even in our age of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.axios.com\/2025\/12\/01\/american-politics-volatility-trump\" target=\"_blank\">insane political volatility<\/a>, it&#8217;s still the economy, stupid.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.brunswickgroup.com\/app\/uploads\/Brunswick_Echelon_Polling_Three-CEO-Tests_072026.pdf\" target=\"_blank\">The full results<\/a>.<\/em><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<script async=\"async\" data-cfasync=\"false\" src=\"https:\/\/pl30214220.effectivecpmnetwork.com\/9ab3d4df8a7e1a6171e16ddbf732cc19\/invoke.js\"><\/script>\r\n<div id=\"container-9ab3d4df8a7e1a6171e16ddbf732cc19\"><\/div>\r\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Data: Brunswick Group and Echelon Insights; Chart: Sara Wise\/Axios CEOs face an increasingly skeptical American public that&#8217;s laser-focused on affordability and fairness, according to polling from the Brunswick Group and Echelon Insights provided first to Axios. 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