One economic question that really matters in an election year: Are others doing better than you?
To many Americans, whether you are prospering or not is often measured by whether you have a job and how much it pays. But there’s something harder to quantify that’s missing from that picture. Relative income of full-time U.S. workers
in 1980
1980 Take white men working without a college degree. In 1980, they made more than the average American worker.Take white men working without a college degree. In 1980, they made more than the average American worker.But over 40 years, even as their inflation-adjusted […]
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