MSNBC’s Morning Joe: Corporate Profits Up but Wages Stagnant

Steven Rattner joins Morning Joe to discuss how corporate profits have gone up sharply over the last six years whereas median incomes have barely moved (and have actually fallen when adjusted for inflation). Click here for charts.

Corporate profits up, but wages stagnant

While the economy picked up 288K jobs in June, wage growth has remained weak in the country. Steve Rattner brings charts to discuss.

Steven Rattner joins Morning Joe to discuss how corporate profits have gone up sharply over the last six years whereas median incomes have barely moved (and have actually fallen when adjusted for inflation). See charts below.


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“[a] surprisingly modest account…Rattner has a journalistic talent for the telling detail, resulting in a memorable tale of life in the middle of the economic meltdown...Rattner deftly draws portraits of the inhabitants of "the Oval" and the West Wing...Rattner has proved himself a gifted chronicler.”
-Time Magazine

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