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On the recordMay 17, 2017
It is not just wages that are stagnating. The Bureau of Labor Statistics reports that inequality in total compensation is worsening even more rapidly than wages alone.
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Jamie Raskin
Democratic · Maryland

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Raskin highlights that overall compensation inequality is increasing faster than wage stagnation.

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