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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Vysha" data-source="post: 3264142" data-attributes="member: 161423"><p>instead of anecdotal evidence and caricatures, maybe actual data would help you--see table below from http://www.measuringworth.com/ukearncpi/#.  sure earnings went up, but when you adjust for inflation, doesn't paint so rosy a picture now does it, especially when you look at how prices also went up.  couple with exploding inequality during this time, are you sure you still want to make the case that the average bloke did well during the 80's?  sorry, my cut/paste chart didn't come out so well.  i took a picture and attached instead.  but you can go to the site and make the same search.</p></blockquote><p></p>