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Re:The Long History of Nobody Wants to Work Anymore by andruby on Sunday July 30, 2023 @02:25PM (#36934363)
GDP per capita is $80K in the US.

I suspect this includes people of all ages, so if we distribute this only to working age, that’s probably close to $100K (six figures)

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Re:The Long History of Nobody Wants to Work Anymore by jiveturkey on Sunday July 30, 2023 @05:31PM (#36936203)
GDP != salary.

https://www.forbes.com/advisor/business/average-salary-by-ag...

median wage at 45yo (the peak) is $64k.

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Re:The Long History of Nobody Wants to Work Anymore by andruby on Monday July 31, 2023 @02:11AM (#36939330)
I know. I’m an economist. The post was talking hypothetical if the gains were better distributed.

GDP/capita is that maximum hypothetical number where the full gross domestic production is evenly distributed to all people.

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Re:The Long History of Nobody Wants to Work Anymore by jiveturkey on Friday August 04, 2023 @04:18AM (#36997004)
gotcha. that makes sense
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