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> Salaries have outpaced inflation until recently. This is just not true.

• sokoloff 1y ago
  Take a look at a chart of real median income. Which while it is admittedly somewhat different from salary, is a hell of lot more than “nuh-uh” https://fred.stlouisfed.org/series/MEHOINUSA672N https://fred.stlouisfed.org/series/MEHOINUSA672N
  • amanaplanacanal 1y ago
    "household income". Not individual. It used to only take one person working to support a family.
    • sokoloff 1y ago
      https://fred.stlouisfed.org/graph/?id=MEPAINUSA672N https://fred.stlouisfed.org/graph/?id=MEPAINUSA672N also supports the upthread claim.
      • a2dam 1y ago
        Thank you, I did indeed mean income and not salary (though real median salary for full time workers has also outpaced inflation).