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Re:The Teen Mental Illness Epidemic Began Around 2012 by nradov on Wednesday February 08, 2023 @09:43PM (#34719118)
Median real total employee compensation in the US has increased significantly since with 1970s once you account for non-wage benefits like employer-funded health insurance premiums and retirement plans. (I am not familiar with the data for other developed countries.)
Re:The Teen Mental Illness Epidemic Began Around 2012 by lmm on Thursday February 09, 2023 @06:29PM (#34733256)
If the reason people are getting paid less is that health insurance has gotten more expensive then that's interesting and relevant as an explanation, but hardly refutes the idea that their lives are getting worse.