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This reminds me of this old productivity / salary chart that shows how fucked we are.
https://wtfhappenedin1971.com/
great but there are more studies about it just look up salary vs productivity
Now that is limp.
https://www.reddit.com/r/badeconomics/comments/16igh9t/the_bad_economics_of_wtfhappenedin1971/
"That's a bad source. So anyways, here's a Reddit link."
Would you like me to buy a domain for $10/yr and copy and paste it onto there for you, would that make it seem more legitimate somehow?
You could link the blog the Reddit post links to.
Fair point, will keep that in mind. For anyone else allergic to clicking Reddit links, here’s the blog the author also posted the content to:
https://singlelunch.com/the-bad-economics-of-wtfhappenedin1971
Reddit is an unreliable source but not to be dismissed just because it is reddit. There is a higher chance of having a good source from reddit than from randomwebsiteabouttopic.com.
Ah a breath of fresh air about this bs website. The gold standard won't fix your economic woes, much less your marital ones
Literally been flat lined for 50 years
Weird that the divergence is also the same point in time where (a) modern conservatism is born, (b) Fox News is conceived, and (c) the middle class died.
Total coincidence, I'm sure.
"Class now observe this is called a K shaped economy." The students now start to grind their teeth.