https://www.theatlantic.com/business/archive/2011/10/income-...
Especially these graphs:
https://cdn.theatlantic.com/static/mt/assets/business/median...
https://cdn.theatlantic.com/static/mt/assets/business/mean%2...
And during this time, the GDP growth rate was great:
https://www.thebalance.com/us-gdp-by-year-3305543
Of course the average worker would be less stressed, have more time for communal activity, as well as rotate A LOT more money back into the economy compared with money sitting still on top.
