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those charts are different from the point that i am making, which can be seen here: https://i0.wp.com/www.edwardconard.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/Median-Ma
by whimsicalism 11mo ago
those charts are different from the point that i am making, which can be seen here:
https://i0.wp.com/www.edwardconard.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/Median-Market-Income-By-Age-And-Generation.png?fit=803%2C499&ssl=1 https://i0.wp.com/www.edwardconard.com/wp-content/uploads/20...
https://www.federalreserve.gov/econres/feds/has-intergenerational-progress-stalled-income-growth-over-five-generations-of-americans.htm https://www.federalreserve.gov/econres/feds/has-intergenerat...
the “propaganda is so good” and yet anyone on the internet has seen the charts you’re linking dozens of times. fwiw, your chart makes a lot of assumptions by subsetting to hourly, excluding benefits, and using a different inflation adjustment for income vs. productivity (the last one is 100% a chart crime). every time they make the choice that will make the gap most striking, https://www.piie.com/sites/default/files/realtime/files/2015/07/lawrence20150721-figure5.png https://www.piie.com/sites/default/files/realtime/files/2015...