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Well! Do more of the same! Obviously people are generally experiencing better lives, right? (No, actually they are not (US-focused).) If the metrics are wro
by blunte 7y ago
Well! Do more of the same! Obviously people are generally experiencing better lives, right? (No, actually they are not (US-focused).)
If the metrics are wrong or only partially focused, their meaning is less or non significant. There is ample recent evidence that only a narrow upper class is improving while the increasing lower class is dropping in terms of cost-of-living-adjusted income.
- taiwanboy 7y agoPlease do show your evidence. From what I have read, it’s the opposite. white-collar workers have seen their wages grow by nearly 7.5% https://www.usatoday.com/story/opinion/2019/08/14/blue-collar-workers-wages-rising-inequality-shrinking-economy-column/1955329001/ https://www.usatoday.com/story/opinion/2019/08/14/blue-colla.... Workers at the lower end of the pay scale finally are getting the most benefit from rising wages https://www.cnbc.com/2019/03/13/workers-at-lower-end-of-pay-scale-getting-most-benefit-from-rising-wages.html https://www.cnbc.com/2019/03/13/workers-at-lower-end-of-pay-...