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Re:Economic Termites Are Everywhere: stats hide the experien... by boppo1 on Sunday June 09, 2024 @01:34PM (#40626049)
>real (inflation-adjusted) wages

lol.

The whole point of this discussion is that our metrics are not properly measuring things. The reported inflation number is a joke. See: anything in life that matters like - a house - a car - an education - health care - raising a kid - basically any life-milestone

but TVs and electronic toys have never been cheaper so it's all okay! Hedonic adjustment!

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Re:Economic Termites Are Everywhere: stats hide the experien... by prisenco on Sunday June 09, 2024 @02:30PM (#40626448)
| an education

The community college in the area I briefly lived growing up was $17 a credit hour in 1997. Inflation adjusted that's $31.67 a credit hour.

It's now nearly $140 a credit hour. Almost 4.5x more than inflation.

For a community college.

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Re:Economic Termites Are Everywhere: stats hide the experien... by lotsoweiners on Sunday June 09, 2024 @04:46PM (#40627478)
Probably considerably cheaper than the University and you can always transfer after 2 years.
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