Some fun charts:
1. Each US generation is wealthier than the last.
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3. College has become more affordable, particularly for lower income applicants.
6. Majorities of both parties want the US government to provide foreign aid.
7. Majorities of both parties want the US government to invest in scientific research.
8. Majorities of both parties think immigration is a good thing for this country.
9. Support for gay marriage went from 73% opposition to 65% support in the past 30 years.
10. Support for interracial marriage went from <50% to 94% in the past 30 years.
11. Overwhelming majorities of both parties believe morality, religion, success in life, criminality, and income are down to environment or choices rather than genes. /x
Good point, but Gen Z is still ahead on individual measures, just not as dramatically ( read.dukeupress.edu/demography/art )
Congrats you discovered that the median income rises in nominal terms over time.
Now do home ownership costs relative to it.
Now do higher education costs relative to it.
"Don't believe your lying eyes, Zoomer!"
*spams graphs at you until you stop perceiving your downward mobility*
The inflation adjustment is wrong though.
If you normalize this by house prices it will look different
Income isn't wealth when the government steals money through inflation.
Tell this the median earner who, unlike his grandparents, can’t afford to buy a house where he grew up at age 25.
