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Having the lowest quartile gain the most (relative to other quartiles) doesn’t necessarily imply that they had real (inflation adjusted) wage gains. Edit: Also
by schemescape 4y ago
Having the lowest quartile gain the most (relative to other quartiles) doesn’t necessarily imply that they had real (inflation adjusted) wage gains.
Edit: Also, that chart doesn’t even show the top 1%. I’m not saying the article is correct, just pointing out faulty logic.
- dahart 4y agoThe chart doesn’t even show the top 10%; they intentionally exclude data above $150k annually after 2003, which is 82nd percentile in 2019. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Household_income_in_the_United_States#Distribution_of_household_income_in_2019_according_to_US_Census_data https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Household_income_in_the_United...