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Healthcare costs in the USA eat those gains.


The OECD numbers adjust for both healthcare and education.

Americans are still making 25% more than Western European counterparts.


Do they? I could have sworn they just accounted for taxes. Do you have a citation? Do they also count employer contributions to healthcare premiums?


Not exactly something unions will solve, and not enough to destroy those gains on average.




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