Comment Comment by discodonkey >economic growth hasn’t been occurring in real terms for most people for a long timeThis is just not true.At least in the U.S., people of all income tiers have seen their incomes grow[0] while their working hours shrunk[1].Inequality is a problem in itself, but equating unequal gains with "transferring money from the poor" seems like bad faith.[0] - https://www.pewresearch.org/race-and-ethnicity/2024/05/31/th...[1] - https://ourworldindata.org/grapher/annual-working-hours-per-... parent discodonkey 1 year ago
This is just not true.
At least in the U.S., people of all income tiers have seen their incomes grow[0] while their working hours shrunk[1].
Inequality is a problem in itself, but equating unequal gains with "transferring money from the poor" seems like bad faith.
[0] - https://www.pewresearch.org/race-and-ethnicity/2024/05/31/th...
[1] - https://ourworldindata.org/grapher/annual-working-hours-per-...