Is late 60s and early 70s USA the peak prosperity the working class have ever seen in human history

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During that time a single wage for common jobs without advanced or bachelore degrees could support a middle class lifestyle.

Was that the most prosperus time in human history to be working class?

[Enterprofilenamehere]

Originally posted by Will be deleted:

During that time a single wage for common jobs without advanced or bachelore degrees could support a middle class lifestyle.

Was that the most prosperus time in human history to be working class?

In the US, yes. Rest of the world not so much.

People in the Soviet Union were suffering under communism, people in China and Africa were suffering through famines, and Europe was still recovering from WWII.

This is kind of why the US was so prosperous, they had all their infrastructure intact and thus they reaped all the benefits while the rest of the world was struggling to catch up or recover losses.

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Originally posted by Enterprofilenamehere:

Originally posted by Will be deleted:

During that time a single wage for common jobs without advanced or bachelore degrees could support a middle class lifestyle.

Was that the most prosperus time in human history to be working class?

In the US, yes. Rest of the world not so much.

People in the Soviet Union were suffering under communism, people in China and Africa were suffering through famines, and Europe was still recovering from WWII.

But have any country ever reach the USA peak yet in terms of worker class prosperity?

[Enterprofilenamehere]

Originally posted by Will be deleted:

Originally posted by Enterprofilenamehere:

In the US, yes. Rest of the world not so much.

People in the Soviet Union were suffering under communism, people in China and Africa were suffering through famines, and Europe was still recovering from WWII.

But have any country ever reach the USA peak yet in terms of worker class prosperity?

Probably not, though arguments can be made depending on how one justifies prosperity. The 60's and 70's were a time when housing was dirt cheap and basically anyone in the US or Canada could easily support a large family, so I'd consider it prosperous for the working class, even if the overall economy in the 70's in particular was lacklustre.

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Originally posted by Enterprofilenamehere:

Originally posted by Will be deleted:

But have any country ever reach the USA peak yet in terms of worker class prosperity?

Probably not, though arguments can be made depending on how one justifies prosperity. The 60's and 70's were a time when housing was dirt cheap and basically anyone in the US or Canada could easily support a large family, so I'd consider it prosperous for the working class, even if the overall economy in the 70's in particular was lacklustre.

How can the overall economy be lackluster if most people was better of back then compared to today?

[Enterprofilenamehere]

Originally posted by Will be deleted:

Originally posted by Enterprofilenamehere:

Probably not, though arguments can be made depending on how one justifies prosperity. The 60's and 70's were a time when housing was dirt cheap and basically anyone in the US or Canada could easily support a large family, so I'd consider it prosperous for the working class, even if the overall economy in the 70's in particular was lacklustre.

How can the overall economy be lackluster if most people was better of back then compared to today?

It was a period of "stagflation", meaning high inflation but low economic growth partially caused by the oil embargo of '73. This particular downturn however was rougher on corporations and wealthier people than the working class.

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Today maybe even a $200k salary in USA in areas where you can earn a $200k salary may no longer be enough for a middle class lifestyle anymore and the areas that are affordable probably no longer have the good jobs they used to.

It is crazy to think how much less valued labor is today compared to what it used to be just a few decades ago.

[AdahnGorion]

Originally posted by Will be deleted:

During that time a single wage for common jobs without advanced or bachelore degrees could support a middle class lifestyle.

Was that the most prosperus time in human history to be working class?

I´ve heard you could be middle class back in 2400BCE just by owning a stick

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Originally posted by AdahnGorion:

Originally posted by Will be deleted:

During that time a single wage for common jobs without advanced or bachelore degrees could support a middle class lifestyle.

Was that the most prosperus time in human history to be working class?

I´ve heard you could be middle class back in 2400BCE just by owning a stick

That is why I added in peak prosperity.

[vkobe]

Originally posted by Will be deleted:

During that time a single wage for common jobs without advanced or bachelore degrees could support a middle class lifestyle.

Was that the most prosperus time in human history to be working class?

what i read and see job in 60 and 70 are harder than today, more physical work and less office job

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Originally posted by vkobe:

Originally posted by Will be deleted:

During that time a single wage for common jobs without advanced or bachelore degrees could support a middle class lifestyle.

Was that the most prosperus time in human history to be working class?

what i read and see job in 60 and 70 are harder than today, more physical work and less office job

Maybe, but looking at how generations compare, it seems young people today do much worse financially than previous generations young and social mobility have diminished and inheritence is growing in importance.

[Morkonan]

Originally posted by Will be deleted:

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Was that the most prosperus time in human history to be working class?

From the '50's through the 70's, I'd agree that was a good time to be in the Middle Class in the US.

https://www.pewresearch.org/short-reads/2022/04/20/how-the-american-middle-class-has-changed-in-the-past-five-decades/

[vkobe]

Originally posted by Enterprofilenamehere:

Originally posted by Will be deleted:

During that time a single wage for common jobs without advanced or bachelore degrees could support a middle class lifestyle.

Was that the most prosperus time in human history to be working class?

In the US, yes. Rest of the world not so much.

People in the Soviet Union were suffering under communism, people in China and Africa were suffering through famines, and Europe was still recovering from WWII.

This is kind of why the US was so prosperous, they had all their infrastructure intact and thus they reaped all the benefits while the rest of the world was struggling to catch up or recover losses.

europe already recover from ww2 in 60s

even so soviet union were not so bad in 60, 70, adult people who lived in 60 and 70 in soviet union said their life was better in 60 and 70 soviet union than 90s russia

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If we go by world happiness report USA based on the young under 30 would rank 62 and and old over age 60 would rank number 10. The young in USA is so unhappy that the country fell out of the top 20 happiest countries overall.

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Originally posted by vkobe:

Originally posted by Enterprofilenamehere:

In the US, yes. Rest of the world not so much.

People in the Soviet Union were suffering under communism, people in China and Africa were suffering through famines, and Europe was still recovering from WWII.

This is kind of why the US was so prosperous, they had all their infrastructure intact and thus they reaped all the benefits while the rest of the world was struggling to catch up or recover losses.

europe already recover from ww2 in 60s

even so soviet union were not so bad in 60, 70, adult people who lived in 60 and 70 in soviet union said their life was better in 60 and 70 soviet union than 90s russia

I've relatives who seen parts of 90s Russia and it was really bad, no idea how that compare to Soviet Union.

[vkobe]

Originally posted by AdahnGorion:

Originally posted by Will be deleted:

During that time a single wage for common jobs without advanced or bachelore degrees could support a middle class lifestyle.

Was that the most prosperus time in human history to be working class?

I´ve heard you could be middle class back in 2400BCE just by owning a stick

2400 bce people build pyramid and use bronze stick