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You are making large omissions of quality when claiming things like "more" food and "more" education. America's educational rankings are descending rapidly. Mor
by bonaldi 14y ago
You are making large omissions of quality when claiming things like "more" food and "more" education. America's educational rankings are descending rapidly. More HFCS is not more cane sugar.
"go ahead and find that single category."
Income expectations for their offspring are lower now for contemporary Americans than 1970s Americans.
If you want historical comparisons, you will be hard pressed to find a single successful society that has maintained income equality at anything like current US levels without collapse, economic devastation or massive human rights violations. Which of those three are acceptable in the quest to be the richest-ever?
- yummyfajitas 14y agoIncome expectations for their offspring are lower now for contemporary Americans than 1970s Americans. No, income expectations for the offspring of Americans are far higher than they were in the 1970s. However, when you include immigrants and their children in the mix, the numbers appear disproportionately low. This is due entirely to Simpson's paradox. http://www.chrisstucchio.com/blog/2011/immigrants_simpsons_paradox_great_stagnation.html http://www.chrisstucchio.com/blog/2011/immigrants_simpsons_p...
- bonaldi 14y ago"However, when you include immigrants and their children in the mix, the numbers appear disproportionately low." Your post doesn't adjust for immigration levels. In particular, income stagnation was not similar at previous periods when immigration was at comparable or higher levels.