The Decline of America: Consequences

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The Decline of America: Consequences


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        from  Left Business Observer (c)  Sep. 91

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Topic 14        Info Gulf #7: downward mobility
rich    misc.activism.progressive        8:18 pm  Jan  3, 1992
(at pencil.cs.missouri.edu)     (From News system)
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/** media.issues: 184.3 **/
** Written  3:40 pm  Dec 18, 1991 in cdp:media.issues **
From: Frank Bertoldi <bertoldi@astro.Princeton.EDU>
Subject: The Information Gulf #7
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|             CHANGE IN REAL WAGES, 1980-90                     |
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|        UK             |xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx          |
|   Germany             |xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx                       |
|    France             |xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx                        |
|     Japan             |xxxxxxxxxxxxxx                         |
|    Sweden             |xxxxxxxxxxxx                           |
|     Italy             |xxxxxxxxxxx                            |
|    Canada             |xx                                     |
|        US       xxxxxx|                                       |
|             |---------|---------|---------|---------|         |
|            -10%       0%       10%       20%       30%        |
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Though these figures computed from IMF data aren't strictly comparable
-- some countries' figures show hourly, others weekly, pay; some cover
all, others only manufacturing workers -- the U.S. is the only country
of these 8 where real (inflation-adjusted) earnings fell during the
last decade.

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