Midst Quote by Jared Bernstein

And wages - we'll see the end of this decline we're having. The median income in America is down 10% in just the last…

— Mitt Romney

“But once again, there is some disappointing news, as the income of the median or typical American household is down since 2000, and unless…

— Tyler Cowen

“median wages have stopped tracking productivity, underscoring the fact that such a decoupling is not only a theoretical possibility but also an empirical fact…

— Erik Brynjolfsson

Wage work is disappearing. I didn't make the jobs disappear, but they have disappeared. And people are forced to be looking for other alternatives.

— Grace Lee Boggs

If you look at the US economy over the last 15-20 years wages have been stagnating or even declining.

— David Korten

Wage restraint was helping businesses out and now it's not. Have we tipped over the edge? Maybe not, but the trend in wages is…

— Greg Miller

The bottom has fallen out of America's wage floor. And the erosion of the minimum wage has lowered pay and working standards for all…

— Richard Trumka

I am convinced that ... we have reestablished confidence. Wages should remain stable. A very large degree of industrial unemployment and suffering which would…

— Herbert Hoover

In addition to joblessness, of course, by the working of supply and demand, when you have a larger number of people unemployed, wages do…

— Tim Bishop

Over the years, we have lost millions of decent paying jobs. These trade agreements have forced wages down in America so the average worker…

— Hillary Clinton

Nothing disturbs me more than the downward trend of productivity in our nation today. The consequences of a decrease in productivity are a diminished…

— Robert S. Strauss

Americans have powerfully sensed that we're off track. There is a structural challenge in our economy that needs to be addressed.

— Jeff Merkley