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Re:Jonathan Haidt blames teenage depression, anxiety on smar... by verteu on Sunday April 21, 2024 @01:38PM (#40107564)
It does seem that US COLA-wages are growing more slowly than Europe (though better than Canada), while our stock market outperforms. So one could make a claim that more profits should go to labor, rather than capital.

Some numbers (all the usual "mean-vs-median" caveats apply, though IME it rarely changes much):

France mean wages (2001-2022): 41706/26275 = 1.59 (2.2%/yr)

France CPI (2001-2022): 108.74/80.39 = 1.35 (1.4%/yr)

GB mean weekly wages (2001-2022): 599/321 = 1.87 (3.0%/yr!)

GB CPI: 114.6/73.5 (2001-2022): = 1.56 (2.14%/yr)

Canada mean wages (2001-2022): 14,176.4/10,405.1 = 1.36 (1.5%/yr)

Canada CPI (2001-2022): 146.3/96.8 = 1.51 (2.0%/yr)

https://www150.statcan.gc.ca/

https://www.ons.gov.uk/economy/inflationandpriceindices/time...

https://www.statista.com/statistics/416204/average-annual-wa...

Re:Jonathan Haidt blames teenage depression, anxiety on smar... by ajmurmann on Sunday April 21, 2024 @02:06PM (#40107822)
Things are still getting better though. One can be jealous that too little gets shared, but it's looking up for everyone. This is great!