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nprz on Dec 2, 2021 | parent | context | favorite | on: 100 years of whatever this will be

If you look at wealth inequality over the past 50 years it would seem to indicate that those methods don't actually seem to accomplish much.

wyre on Dec 2, 2021 [–]

Union membership is down drastically over 50 years which is why it isn’t accomplishing much. If you do an image search for ‘union membership wealth inequality’ you’ll find a graph of union membership imposed with a graph of income going to the top 10%. It’s incredibly negatively correlated.

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