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Yorn  ·  4821 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  parent  ·  post: The Limping Middle Class
From this graphic, the divergence on compensation seems to have started around 1973, which was when Nixon closed the gold window. At that point actual wealth no longer could be appropriately measured in US dollars, British pounds, etc.