February 25, 2017

Meanwhile

Estimated portion of Americans born in 1980 who will go on to earn more than their parents did : 1/2 Of those born in 1940 who did : 9/10

2 comments:

Boffin said...

Such is the result of endless war and crony capitalism. Now that we've got an advocate for peace and the working man in office the outlook for today's youts is getting better and better.

Anonymous said...

And did earning more necessarily translate into achieving better quality of life? Measuring success in terms of monetary reward is fallacious and misleading. Qualitative improvements in life have been diminishing for decades, almost in inverse ratio to those economic. Money and contentment are not synonymous