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That being said, you can even look at the per-quintile levels -> https://www.census.gov/data/tables/time-series/demo/income-p...
See table H-1, All Races (it's an Excel spreadsheet). Across all quintiles, including the bottom 2, inflation-adjusted income has increased.
> When you factor in student loan debt
The median number of years to recoup the cost of a bachelors degree, adjusted for inflation, has gone down since the 1980’s, from about 22 years to about 10 years -> https://libertystreeteconomics.newyorkfed.org/2014/09/the-va...
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That being said, you can even look at the per-quintile levels -> https://www.census.gov/data/tables/time-series/demo/income-p...
See table H-1, All Races (it's an Excel spreadsheet). Across all quintiles, including the bottom 2, inflation-adjusted income has increased.
> When you factor in student loan debt
The median number of years to recoup the cost of a bachelors degree, adjusted for inflation, has gone down since the 1980’s, from about 22 years to about 10 years -> https://libertystreeteconomics.newyorkfed.org/2014/09/the-va...