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> the strongest decades of median real wage growth and general GDP growth were during the high inflation 1960s and 1970s. How about 1860-1900. A deflationary
by dnautics 6y ago
> the strongest decades of median real wage growth and general GDP growth were during the high inflation 1960s and 1970s.
How about 1860-1900. A deflationary era when median wealth increased ( even without taking into account that a chunk of the population was liberated from chattel slavery) and the us went from failed state to international colonial expansionist superpower