Mostly, yes. It sounds like your exchange with Doug has clarified things.
It has been a while since I have seen these statistics and don't have access to them just now; also I haven't seen the fine print on the stats Doug cited (there are lots of flavors). And again: I am thinking in terms medium term averages, not peak to present. But from memory, I recall that there was a very very slight increase in hourly real compensation - all categories of workers. Can't give a reference though.
Paul
At 06:10 PM 2/21/2005 -0500, you wrote:
On Mon, 21 Feb 2005, Paul wrote:
So the statistics show a moderate increase per household; a modest increase per worker; and a puny increase per hour worked.
I think I followed you perfectly up until this point. But just to double check, the statistics we're talking about show
a moderate increase per household; a modest increase per worker; and a
roughly 10% *decrease* per hour worked, not an increase, over the period since 1973. Right?
Michael
