iopqMar 15

Wages have increased a huge amount from the 1980s

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Now compare wages vs inflation, and wages vs GDP. GDP of developed countries has climbed dramatically since the 80’s, while wage growth has slowed to a crawl relatively.

One must ask themself: where did all the money go?

Mar 16 at 12:27amWeb
Show threadiopqMar 16

I already compared wages vs. inflation

There’s literally like 5 inflation measures in this graph. Did the image load for you?

Show threadpinball_wizardMar 16

One must ask themself: where did all the money go?

It sure looked like it chartered a private jet to Venice Italy to rent out entire city blocks and get married in utter opulence, to me.

Show threadiopqMar 16
Forgot to say: when you take GDP and divide it by the population you get mean. When we talk about wages, we’re talking about median wages. That’s where the difference lies