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by loxodrome 360 days ago
Look at this table

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Disposable_household_and_per...

The USA has the highest median disposable income (purchasing power) per household.

How could you possibly believe that capitalism is making Americans and other capitalist countries worse off?

There’s a reason practically everyone wants to move to those places!

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We're talking about wealth distribution within countries.
Median disposable income is a key statistic describing the distribution of wealth… half the population makes more and half makes less, so it tells you the central tendency, that is, how the middle class is doing.