Good, but...
There are many different and complicated ways of measuring income.
Many serious experts do not accept the idea that wages have been going down.
Including me ( a not-so serious expert )
posted by Ben Wattenberg at 10:18 PM
Thursday, December 07, 2006
There are many different and complicated ways of measuring income.
Many serious experts do not accept the idea that wages have been going down.
Including me ( a not-so serious expert )
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- Name: Ben Wattenberg
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Ben J. Wattenberg is a Senior Fellow at the American Enterprise Institute in Washington, D.C. He is the moderator of the weekly PBS television program Think Tank with Ben Wattenberg, which is now being expanded to include a new one hour program Think Talk . He has served as a presidential speechwriter and advisor for president Lyndon Johnson. Ben also served as an aide and speech-writer to "Scoop" Jackson and VP Hubert Humphrey. He is currently working on a forthcoming book Tales of a Neo-Con ,an accompanying volume of selected posts from this blog, and highlights from the best of Think Tank.
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2 Comments:
Ben:
I am no economics expert, but I do talk to a lot of people in various economic situations. My far less than scientific sample tells me that some people have been doing okay - those in upper middle income jobs like management, major media journalism, and technology that have owned their homes for a number of years.
I have also talked a good deal with people who have not been doing so well - those people in skilled labor positions, teachers, those who work the cash registers, and those who are just starting out and looking for their first homes.
Certainly a mixed bag, but one where it is understandable that there are many people that have not been satisfied with the performance of the economy.
Mr. Wattenberg -
There are plenty of underpaid computer geeks who would love to teach you some HTML.
This would really help to improve the appearance and coherence of this blog. If you knew some HTML, you could link to others' commentaries and posts.
Outsourcing has hurt the wages of many computer pros.
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