• mwguy
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    1 year ago

    $30 of increase since the 1980s is entirely are up by problems in how we measure CPI. Even the understatement in housing alone would eat up that “increase.”

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      1 year ago

      $30 of real wages increase.

      Yes we do have a housing shortage, but OP is wrong about wages not increasing

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        1 year ago

        Systemic problems in how we measure “real” dollars have probably outpaced $30 in that timeframe.