Most Americans Can’t Afford “Minimal Quality of Life” After Decades of Wage Stagnation, Research Finds

Wage Stagnation Has Made ‘Minimal Quality of Life’ Out of Reach for Most in US

The interior of a Fresh Market store. Harrison Keely, CC BY 4.0 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0, via Wikimedia Commons By Sharon Zhang / Truthout The ability to afford basic needs and wants in line with living a “dignified life” in the U.S. is increasingly out of reach, new research finds, naming wage stagnation and soaring prices as factors driving unaffordability. According to an analysis released by the Ludwig Institute for Shared…

Most Americans Can’t Afford “Minimal Quality of Life” After Decades of Wage Stagnation, Research Finds

New research finds the cost of maintaining a “dignified” life in the US has doubled since 2001.