Jeremy Horpedahl
Associate Professor of Economics at the University of Central Arkansas; writes about economic data and research at Economist Writing Every Day.
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Their wordsBut it doesn't appear that Mexico's 2022 policy really made food much more affordable, either relative to peer countries with similar income levels, or relative to Mexico's own recent history.
↗Has Mexico’s “Canasta Básica” Policy Made Food More Affordable?economistwritingeveryday.com
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Their wordsMost people were extremely poor in the past, unable to meet even the most basic needs with the income that had available
↗“The Grim Old Days” in Chartseconomistwritingeveryday.com 1st of 2 in this piece
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Their wordsThe past was extremely violent compared to modern times, with homicide rates across Europe being somewhere around 10 times higher than today
↗“The Grim Old Days” in Chartseconomistwritingeveryday.com 2nd of 2 in this piece
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Their wordsFigure 1 shows that, adjusted for inflation, the proportion of families with income over $150,000 has grown almost seven-fold since 1967. There has been a roughly constant one-third of the population between $75,000 and $150,000, and the ranks of those under $75,000 has been cut in half since 1967.
↗Family Income Continues to Grow in 2025 Dataeconomistwritingeveryday.com 1st of 2 in this piece
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Their wordsUsing other data from Census, we can see that the share of families with multiple earners hasn't increased much since 1967, and especially hasn't since the mid-1990s.
↗Family Income Continues to Grow in 2025 Dataeconomistwritingeveryday.com 2nd of 2 in this piece
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Their wordsThere is not one model of gender roles in the labor force that dominated in 1900 among the most developed countries at the time.
↗Women Have Always Worked, Often in the Formal Labor Forceeconomistwritingeveryday.com
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Their wordsIn 2024, median income for married couples with children at home was $143,400 in the US. That's an almost 80 percent real (inflation-adjusted) increase since 1974, the first year Census reports comparable data.