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Since ~2012 disposable income for Americans has lapped that of Europeans. See for yourself. https://dart.lisdatacenter.org/dart https://dart.lisdatacenter.org/
by ddd00001 3y ago
Since ~2012 disposable income for Americans has lapped that of Europeans. See for yourself.
https://dart.lisdatacenter.org/dart https://dart.lisdatacenter.org/dart
- pseudo0 3y agoI don't think anyone is disputing that the US had a really good run from 2014 until 2020, but real wages still have not recovered to pre-COVID levels. See eg. the BLS Employment Cost Index. https://www.bls.gov/blog/2023/more-ways-to-look-at-wages-and-inflation.htm https://www.bls.gov/blog/2023/more-ways-to-look-at-wages-and...
- ddd00001 3y agoThe point of the convo is that Americans are much richer than Europeans. Which is true.