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Why is a secure standard of living harder to reach than a generation ago?
Three employers in a town is not a market for workers
a walkthrough with stand-ins — a demonstration, not a finding · root cause · sealed
It significantly influences
Anyone without them was priced out of ever holding them
certified · 14 yes · 0 no · 1 abstained
Bargaining power moved from labour to capital gradually and completely
certified · 11 yes · 1 no · 3 abstained
Assets rose faster than wages for four decades
inferred · follows from certified links
Judged not to be linked
A single wage no longer supports a household
judged not to · 1 yes · 13 no · 1 abstained
Productivity rose and pay stopped following it
judged not to · 1 yes · 13 no · 1 abstained
The things that used to be bought once are now rented forever
judged not to · 2 yes · 12 no · 1 abstained
A household absorbs shocks that used to be absorbed by an institution
judged not to · 0 yes · 15 no
The measured rate of inflation is not the rate a young family faces
judged not to · 3 yes · 10 no · 2 abstained
The cost of the essentials rose faster than the basket used to measure inflation
judged not to · 7 yes · 21 no · 1 abstained · cross-group
Anyone without them was priced out of ever holding them
judged not to · 3 yes · 11 no · 1 abstained
A single wage no longer supports a household
judged not to · 4 yes · 23 no · 2 abstained · cross-group
Bargaining power moved from labour to capital gradually and completely
judged not to · 1 yes · 14 no
Assets rose faster than wages for four decades
judged not to · 1 yes · 14 no
Productivity rose and pay stopped following it
judged not to · 2 yes · 12 no · 1 abstained
The things that used to be bought once are now rented forever
judged not to · 2 yes · 13 no
A household absorbs shocks that used to be absorbed by an institution
judged not to · 0 yes · 15 no
The measured rate of inflation is not the rate a young family faces
judged not to · 1 yes · 14 no
The cost of the essentials rose faster than the basket used to measure inflation
judged not to · 0 yes · 14 no · 1 abstained
A group’s judgement, not a measurement. Demo room. On the atlas.
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