Comment by BobbyJo 6 days ago Real wages were down ~15-20% from 1970 to 1979... so, not a good year to anchor on. 4 comments BobbyJo Reply Ajedi32 6 days ago Where are you sourcing that data from? The graph I linked using data from the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics doesn't go back that far, so comparing to 1970 would not be possible. BobbyJo 6 days ago US Census tracks income, its just harder to pull out since they don't provide nice charts like the fed. Ajedi32 6 days ago Well there's this which goes back to 1967: https://www.census.gov/library/visualizations/2025/demo/p60-... I'm having trouble finding the raw data though. In any case I'm not seeing any big drop in the 1970s. 1 reply →
Ajedi32 6 days ago Where are you sourcing that data from? The graph I linked using data from the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics doesn't go back that far, so comparing to 1970 would not be possible. BobbyJo 6 days ago US Census tracks income, its just harder to pull out since they don't provide nice charts like the fed. Ajedi32 6 days ago Well there's this which goes back to 1967: https://www.census.gov/library/visualizations/2025/demo/p60-... I'm having trouble finding the raw data though. In any case I'm not seeing any big drop in the 1970s. 1 reply →
BobbyJo 6 days ago US Census tracks income, its just harder to pull out since they don't provide nice charts like the fed. Ajedi32 6 days ago Well there's this which goes back to 1967: https://www.census.gov/library/visualizations/2025/demo/p60-... I'm having trouble finding the raw data though. In any case I'm not seeing any big drop in the 1970s. 1 reply →
Ajedi32 6 days ago Well there's this which goes back to 1967: https://www.census.gov/library/visualizations/2025/demo/p60-... I'm having trouble finding the raw data though. In any case I'm not seeing any big drop in the 1970s. 1 reply →
Where are you sourcing that data from? The graph I linked using data from the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics doesn't go back that far, so comparing to 1970 would not be possible.
US Census tracks income, its just harder to pull out since they don't provide nice charts like the fed.
Well there's this which goes back to 1967: https://www.census.gov/library/visualizations/2025/demo/p60-... I'm having trouble finding the raw data though. In any case I'm not seeing any big drop in the 1970s.
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