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6) I didn’t include this, but during my public policy master’s I saw this firsthand. People claimed SNAP recipients ate steak and lobster. Economists replied it doesn’t happen on average, ignoring that it sometimes does. The real point is the program is still worth it, even with some abuse.
December 17, 2025 at 10:40 AM
6) I didn’t include this, but during my public policy master’s I saw this firsthand. People claimed SNAP recipients ate steak and lobster. Economists replied it doesn’t happen on average, ignoring that it sometimes does. The real point is the program is still worth it, even with some abuse.
5) Another thing about the median. It says, without a doubt, half of the country is doing worse than this number, and half is doing better. How much so is difficult to say. With the average, everyone could be doing the same, or everyone could be in terrible shape with a couple doing extremely well.
December 17, 2025 at 10:40 AM
5) Another thing about the median. It says, without a doubt, half of the country is doing worse than this number, and half is doing better. How much so is difficult to say. With the average, everyone could be doing the same, or everyone could be in terrible shape with a couple doing extremely well.
4) To tie things to current politics. It's easy for the president to say there is no affordability crises (even though that was his platform a year ago) if they say, on average, every household has a million dollars in wealth. Less so if the median is a fifth of that number.
December 17, 2025 at 10:40 AM
4) To tie things to current politics. It's easy for the president to say there is no affordability crises (even though that was his platform a year ago) if they say, on average, every household has a million dollars in wealth. Less so if the median is a fifth of that number.
3) I'll admit, the median itself is flawed. It's all about what the family in the middle is doing. Probably if you want a pulse of the most people, we should take the mode—which I believe is even harder to calculate.
December 17, 2025 at 10:40 AM
3) I'll admit, the median itself is flawed. It's all about what the family in the middle is doing. Probably if you want a pulse of the most people, we should take the mode—which I believe is even harder to calculate.
2) I used a graphic from voronoi that doesn't exactly match the Fed Reserve figue, but the narrative holds. The U.S. has the highest relative drop in wealth (80%) of top countries when looking at the median instead of the average! Even greater than Switzerland (76%).
We are the most inequal!
We are the most inequal!
December 17, 2025 at 10:40 AM
2) I used a graphic from voronoi that doesn't exactly match the Fed Reserve figue, but the narrative holds. The U.S. has the highest relative drop in wealth (80%) of top countries when looking at the median instead of the average! Even greater than Switzerland (76%).
We are the most inequal!
We are the most inequal!