The Golden Era of the 1950s/60s Was an Anomaly, Not the Default Setting
The 1950s/60s were not “normal”–they were a one-off, extraordinary anomaly. If there is one thing that unites trade unionists, Keynesian Cargo Cultists, free-market fans and believers in American exceptionalism, it’s a misty-eyed nostalgia for the Golden Era of the 1950s and 60s, when one wage-earner earned enough to buy all the goodies of a middle-class […]
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