The Real Wages Earned by American Workers

question 34

Multiple Choice

The real wages earned by American workers

• A) has increased steadily ever since 1960.
• B) rose during the 1960s and 1970s but remained constant ever since.
• C) rose to a peak coinciding with the formation of OPEC in the early 1970s but now has declined to its mid-1960s level.
• D) held relatively stable during the years of oil price shocks but now is almost twice what it was at the beginning of the 1960s.
• E) remained constant for the past four decades.

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