History of the United States II / Unit 17 USH2 2444 short lesson, about 20 seconds
Stagnant Wages
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The idea
By two thousand sixteen, the Yawp says, the average American worker had not received a raise in almost forty years, while corporate profits climbed and stock markets soared.
In practice
The Great Recession magnifying rising income and wealth inequalities, in the Yawp's account.
Where people slip
Unit sixteen's widening inequality, the Yawp says, deepened after the crash.
Your place on the trail
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