But one reason that people are angry is that if you are a worker in America, you really, in terms of wages and income have gone almost nowhere in the last 50 years. And here is an astounding fact which is not talked … In the last 50 years, [American workers] have gone almost nowhere in terms of wages and income. … in the United States and the UK significantly more productive. And yet despite that increase in productivity today, the weekly wage for the average American worker in inflation adjusted dollars is less than it was 50 years ago. (11:07)
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Asserts that American workers' wages and income have stagnated over the last 50 years.
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