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LOST DECADE CHARTS

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source: tradingeconomics.com To explore how real wage trends evolved over the 1979 to 2018 period, Figure 1 shows annualized wage growth rates over various time periods (roughly a decade each) by wage percentile and demographic group. Considering first wage growth at the 10th and 50th percentiles, Figure 1 reveals that the 10th percentile wage declined in real terms during the 1980s for all groups, and, with the exception of women , the median (50th percentile) wage declined as well. In the 1990s, 10th percentile and median wages increased for nearly all demographic groups. This was followed by a general slowdown (and some modest declines) in real wage growth in 2000- 2010, after which (i.e., 2010-2018) 10th percentile and median wages grew for all demographic groups. Annualized real wage growth at the 90th percentile was positive in all periods and for all demographic groups except black workers and Hispanic workers, for whom the 90th percentile wage declined slightly during the 19...

Ship sans rudder

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Ship without a rudder... Why is taking so long for common sense to catch up with the civil right laws?  Either our common sense has been hijacked, or our representatives have been hijacked! 15% approval rating says it all, how long do the citizens have to put up with these dull ratings.  Its past time for a major shift of power back to the citizens and away from corrupt representatives.  Thank you for your service, but your services are no longer needed, time to take leave representatives.  Dismissed! When is the last time you received any correspondence from a representative on how you feel about the issues that matter most to you? Personally, I have never had any interaction with any representatives on any matter, absent town hall meetings, how do reps know how to vote on issues? Not to dissect further into psyche speculation, after all, we have been victims of subtle mind control and now weather control, nothing is wrong we shout at ourselves, ar...