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Capital Income Stagnation

I wish more progressives would write about this chart which, note, is not adjusted for inflation:

Capital stagnation does not contradict progressive points about inequality or median wage stagnation. Indeed, viewed properly it reenforces the reality of wage stagnation. But a correct account of what’s going on with the economy ought to incorporate this.

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