S7 E6: Thirty Glorious Years
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30 Glorious Years (with caveats)
- The "30 Glorious Years" refers to the post-WWII period (mid-40s to mid-70s) of shared prosperity and lower inequality in many capitalist countries.
- It's an ironic overstatement, specifically referring to how well capitalist economies worked for a broader share of the population than usual.
- While a white man with a high school degree could support a family with a factory job, many Black people, Latino farm workers, and women were excluded from this prosperity.
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