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Aughts were a lost decade for U.S. economy, workers

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The shrinking U.S. middle class and what this may mean for consumption in the years ahead.

02/26/2008

If only 1.9 million hourly workers earned more than $20 per hour in April 2008, when the deep downturn that hit in October 2008 had not ocurred and the shift to part time employment and lower auto related wages was just underway, what would the numbers look like by 2010? And what does that mean for consumption? Does it prolong the downturn with demand slow to pick up? What does it mean for exports from China?

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