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For a long time, Middle America has found itself struggling at an aggregate level.
While there have been some on-paper standouts when breaking down household outcome growth by geographical location, that has been balanced out by other locales seeing significantly weaker growth than the average.
Today, the median American full-time male worker earns as much as they did, adjusted for inflation, in 1979.
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Tarric is an Australian freelance journalist and independent analyst who covers economics, finance, and geopolitics. Tarric is the author of the Avid Commentator Report. His works have appeared in The Washington DC Examiner, The Spectator, The Sydney Morning Herald, News.com.au, among other places.