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Re:Naked shorting: The curious incident of the shares that d... by LordDragonfang on Sunday January 31, 2021 @09:06PM (#25984815)
>Wages are up 10% since 1963 on an inflation adjusted basis

And they're down 5% since 1970. Claiming that chart shows growth is a gross misreading of that source. The slope of the trendline since 1963 is practically zero.

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Re:Naked shorting: The curious incident of the shares that d... by arcticbull on Sunday January 31, 2021 @10:18PM (#25985144)
Yeah I should have referenced it as “kept pace with” as I did in the original post for which the parent requested proof.
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