Notebook per
The Myth of a Stagnant Middle Class
Citation (APA): Perry, D. B. M. (2014). The Myth of a Stagnant Middle Class [Kindle Android version]. Retrieved from Amazon.com
Parte introduttiva
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Donald Boudreaux and Mark Perry: The Myth of a Stagnant Middle Class
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Robert Reich,
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"After three decades of flat wages during which almost all the gains of growth have gone to the very top,"
Nota - Posizione 5
x TIPICA RIMOSTRANZA DELLE CLASSI MEDIE
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"the middle class no longer has the buying power to keep the economy going."
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c
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It is true enough that, when adjusted for inflation using the Consumer Price Index, the average hourly wage of nonsupervisory workers in America has remained about the same.
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x LA VERITÀ NELLA LEGGENDA
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the CPI overestimates inflation by underestimating the value of improvements in product quality and variety.
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x CPI PRIMO PROBLEMA
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Would you prefer 1980 medical care at 1980 prices, or 2013 care at 2013 prices?
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x ESEMPIO
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the average hourly wage is held down by the great increase of women and immigrants into the workforce over the past three decades.
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x INGRESSO DI DONNE E IMMIGRATI
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flat average wages over time don't necessarily support a narrative of middle-class stagnation.
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x CONCLUSIONE
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other measures of middle-class living standards.
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X COSA OCCORRE
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No single measure of well-being is more informative or important than life expectancy.
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x SPERANZA DI VITA
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five years longer than in 1980
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more than a decade longer than in 1950.
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"The gap in life expectancy between whites and blacks in America has narrowed, reaching the lowest point ever recorded."
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x MENO DISEGUgl
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spending by households on many of modern life's "basics"—food
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.… SPESA X IL CIBO
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utilities—fell from 53% of disposable income in 1950 to 44% in 1970 to 32% today.
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c
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underappreciated result of the dramatic fall in the cost (and rise in the quality) of modern "basics"
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x BASIC
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while income inequality might be rising when measured in dollars, it is falling when reckoned in what's most important—our ability to consume.
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x DISEGUAGL IN REDDITO E IN CONSUMI
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Before airlines were deregulated, for example, commercial jet travel was a luxury that ordinary Americans seldom enjoyed.
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x AETEO
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50% decline in the real price
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Bill Gates in his private jet flies with more personal space than does Joe Six-Pack when making a similar trip on a commercial jetliner. But unlike his 1970s counterpart, Joe routinely travels the same great distances in roughly the same time as do the world's wealthiest
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x GATES E L IDRAULICO
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What's true for long-distance travel is also true for food, cars, entertainment, electronics, communications and many other aspects of "consumability."
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x ALTRI CONSUMI
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qualities of what ordinary Americans consume are closer to that of rich Americans
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They aren't much inferior to the electronic gadgets now used by the top 1%
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x AGGEGGI ELETTR DELLA CLASSE MEDIA
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access to the most affordable food, appliances, clothing and cars in history, plus today's cornucopia of modern electronic goods—for
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x ACCESSO A PAROTÁ DI REDDITFO
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middle-class Americans have more buying power than ever before. They live longer lives and have much greater access to the services and consumer products bought by billionaires.
