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Jun

motherjones: Productivity has surged, but income and wages have stagnated for most Americans. If the median household income had kept pace with the economy since 1970, it would now be nearly $92,000, not $50,000. Plus, 11 other charts that would really piss you off…if you had time to read them. And we wonder why life expectancy in the US has gone down in recent years. 

motherjones:

Productivity has surged, but income and wages have stagnated for most Americans. If the median household income had kept pace with the economy since 1970, it would now be nearly $92,000, not $50,000.

Plus, 11 other charts that would really piss you off…if you had time to read them.

And we wonder why life expectancy in the US has gone down in recent years. 

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