This needs to be higher up. Real wages (and I mean wages, the part of most peoples' comp that pays their rent, not "total compensation"), have remained flat si

This needs to be higher up. Real wages (and I mean wages, the part of most peoples' comp that pays their rent, not "total compensation"), have remained flat since the mid 1970s. How's that supposed to work out when people still have to pay for things like housing and education, which most certainly have not remained flat in real terms? Let's not forget that we all have to fund our own retirements now, since pensions are no longer a thing.