Wednesday, April 18, 2012

Have middle class incomes stagnated over the last 30 years?

Basically, only if you ignore demographic change, non-monetary compensation (health care benefits) and tax effects. As far as gains being concentrated among the richest Americans, while their gains were larger, median American income grew nearly 40%, and even the poorest saw gains of 25%.
 
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