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Re:Alan Greenspan Dies at 100; Led Fed During Boom Before 20... by flipnotyk on Monday June 22, 2026 @03:28PM (#48634871)
>If wages increase with inflation... Big "if", unfortunately.
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Re:Alan Greenspan Dies at 100; Led Fed During Boom Before 20... by throw0101d on Monday June 22, 2026 @10:37PM (#48639496)
US wages stagnated from roughly 1974 to 1994, after which they rose:

* https://www.noahpinion.blog/p/so-why-did-us-wages-stagnate-f...

* https://www.noahpinion.blog/p/at-least-five-interesting-thin...

The recent Iran-Hormuz oil shock notwithstanding, the major affordability issue in recent years has been housing, and that's more of a land-use policy issue.

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