Trump Versus Biden: The Substantial Fall in Real Wages for Most Workers Under Biden | naked capitalism
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An important new paper contradicts Democratic pundits, showing that most workers lost in real wage terms under Biden

Giant 60 page pdf at the bottom of the article to peruse, with lots of data separations and stuff (tl:dr nothing fundamentally grown jack)

  • Red_Sunshine_Over_Florida [he/him]7•1 month ago

    What are they talking about, I'm sure the .05 cents/hour I got for last year's COL is perfectly adequate to offset this "transitory inflation."

    • plinky [he/him]4•1 month ago

      ah but have you got got by 0.5 hour less work per week?

      • Red_Sunshine_Over_Florida [he/him]4•1 month ago

        Yes actually. Ever since I came back to my job, the different shift I got went from 8 to 7.5 hours. We had to fight them to stop it going down to 7.