The United States has long been understood as a place teeming with capitalist virtue where anyone can make it. Despite continuous economic growth over the last several decades, the average American worker has experienced dismal returns to their work. Wage stagnation and disproportionate income growth have soured the realities of the American Dream and left the country to deal with the consequences of inequality.
A report published by the Economic Policy Institute shows that middleincome, low-income, college-educated, blue-collar, and white-collar workers alike are affected by rising income inequality. The authors cite a 9 percent raise in worker compensation contrasted with […]
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