Nobody is questioning the economic growth from 40s to 80s (Golden Era). Its the growth (and inequality) after that period that is in question. The concern now is the economic prospects for the millennial and future generations.
The first post in this thread explicitly compares the present to the 40s. It seems somewhat unreasonable to expect ams6110 to foresee you moving the goalposts.
The original post refers to the golden era as well and its decline.
"Prosperity has been increasing in the 20th century, but has not increased for a few decades."
No goalposts are changing.
> In the 40s and 50s a middle class household could get by just fine (and the house be bought) by a single income earner. Such a house now would be on the verge of bankruptcy.
I dunno, it feels like responding to that with a comparison of a household in the 40s to one today is fair.
