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		andruby on July 30, 2023 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: The Long History of Nobody Wants to Work Anymore GDP per capita is $80K in the US. I suspect this includes people of all ages, so if we distribute this only to working age, that’s probably close to $100K (six figures)

jiveturkey on July 30, 2023 [–]

GDP != salary.

https://www.forbes.com/advisor/business/average-salary-by-ag...

median wage at 45yo (the peak) is $64k.

andruby on July 31, 2023 | [–]

I know. I’m an economist. The post was talking hypothetical if the gains were better distributed.

GDP/capita is that maximum hypothetical number where the full gross domestic production is evenly distributed to all people.

jiveturkey on Aug 4, 2023 | | [–]

gotcha. that makes sense

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