"What is the best of times for a few is feeling more like the worst of times for many. We’re living in what is celebrated as a booming economy, so why—for example—are deaths by suicide among white middle-class males at an all-time high? Certain numbers are higher than ever—GDP and suicide rates—but they don’t add up... Most Americans still do not complete even a community college degree, yet the median income of a high school graduate lifts a family of four less than 40 percent above the poverty line; in the 1970s, such an earner would have cleared that threshold by three times as much..."
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Forbes: The Once And Future Living Wage, by Peter Georgescu (3 April 2019)
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