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> Is the world really worse than the 60s? Depends on which part of the world. In the US, for sure. Incomes have stagnated since 1970 and income inequality has
by qubax 8y ago
> Is the world really worse than the 60s?
Depends on which part of the world. In the US, for sure. Incomes have stagnated since 1970 and income inequality has skyrocketed.
http://www.pewresearch.org/fact-tank/2018/08/07/for-most-us-workers-real-wages-have-barely-budged-for-decades/ http://www.pewresearch.org/fact-tank/2018/08/07/for-most-us-...
https://www.epi.org/publication/charting-wage-stagnation/ https://www.epi.org/publication/charting-wage-stagnation/
https://hbr.org/2017/10/why-wages-arent-growing-in-america https://hbr.org/2017/10/why-wages-arent-growing-in-america
We have an entire region of our nation suffering from the rust belt.
Some say the last 40 years have been the greatest theft in human history. The american people have been robbed blind and we are too stupid to realize it and now we ( the children of the blind fools ) are suffering for it.
Even in NYC, look at the housing prices and look at the wages. It's ridiculous.