| http://www.w3.org/ns/prov#value | - Average real income (net of inflation) from 1980 to 2005 grew by 25%, but as you well know, inflation does not take into account the increase in the cost of housing, which increased by a tremendous factor during that period (like all other assets such as shares), so that the 25% rise in real income did not translate at all in a rise in purchasing power for the average middle class American househo
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