[lbo-talk] Re: Ralph Nader, Suicide Bomber

Doug Henwood dhenwood at panix.com
Wed May 5 11:06:32 PDT 2004


C. G. Estabrook wrote:


>I think the assertion, taken for granted here, that "the election of Bush
>would be worse for working-class, poor people and blacks" than that of
>Gore, is difficult to prove, at best.

During the 80s boom, real hourly wages declined. During the late 80s/early 90s recession and weak recovery, they declined. During the 90s boom, they rose. During the recent recession and weak recovery, real wages have been flat. At n=4, the sample isn't large, but it's still >0.

Doug



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