
#287 1955 vs 2025, who actually had it better?
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explores the economic well-being of the average American across several decades, from 1950 to 2025. The creator places himself in the role of a middle-income earner in each era to assess key indicators like income growth, housing affordability, wealth distribution, and the ability to surpass parental earnings. The analysis reveals a period of broadly shared prosperity after World War II, where all income brackets saw comparable gains. However, starting in the 1980s, a significant divergence emerged, with top earners accumulating a disproportionately larger share of economic growth, while the middle and lower classes experienced stagnation and a decline in upward mobility, challenging the traditional idea of the "American dream." The video attributes these shifts to changes in economic policies rather than a broken economy, suggesting that the current system operates as designed by specific rules and regulations.