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pjfin123
on Jan 15, 2025
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WTF Happened in 1971? (2019)
I calculated historical American wages in gold terms if anyone's curious:
https://github.com/argosopentech/American-Real-Wages
TLDR: wages in 2025 are roughly comparable to wages in the early 80s
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TLDR: wages in 2025 are roughly comparable to wages in the early 80s