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How our wage system is rigged

What would a typical worker earn today if their wages had grown as fast as CEO pay over the past 50 years?

Take a guess.

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This Graph Exposes Our Rigged System

Robert B. Reich is Professor of Public Policy emeritus at the Goldman School of Public Policy at the University of California, Berkeley. He has served in three national administrations, including as secretary of labor under President Bill Clinton, for which Time Magazine named him one of the ten most effective cabinet secretaries of the twentieth century.