Not many, I expect. And the overall economic trends tell us how all of this happened. Incredibly, despite huge increases in technology and worker productivity, Real inflation accounted for. Weekly wages for the average American worker are lower today than they were 52 years ago. Got that? And during roughly that same period, the Rand Corporation documented a massive transfer of wealth to the tune of $79 trillion. 79 trillion. Going from the bottom 90% to the top 1%. (05:20–05:31)
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Asserts that real weekly wages for the average American worker are lower today than 52 years ago.
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