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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Blaubart, post: 1982148, member: 37498&quot;]Just curious, but could there be lurking variables that influence the graph above?</p><p><br /></p><p>For example, have households changed over the past 25 years?&nbsp; i.e. Marriage rates, divorce rates, single parents, work/life balance.&nbsp; Have workers changed?&nbsp; Delayed entry into the workforce, early exits from professional careers, depression, incarceration rates, etc..</p><p><br /></p><p>Here&#039;s a graph for incarceration rates.&nbsp; it doesn&#039;t match as closely as GDP to median household income, but it certainly could account for some of the stagnation in wages.</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="http://fcnl.org/resources/newsletter/septoct11/Prison_Rates_1880.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /> </p><p><br /></p><p>I believe it is indeed obvious that &quot;more capital does not necessarily produce higher wages&quot;, but could the inverse be true?&nbsp; i.e. Lower capital produces lower wages?&nbsp; Given the dips in 1990, 2000, and 2007, I suspect it may be the case.&nbsp; Which means to me that when the earnings of the 1% rise, they don&#039;t necessarily share those profits with the 99%, but when they lose money, they&#039;re quick to lay off workers.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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