Submitted by Charles Hugh-Smith of OfTwoMinds blog,
How can the economy grow by roughly one-third in real dollars while real median household income drops like a rock?
Based on gross domestic product (GDP), the U.S. economy has grown smartly since 2000: GDP rose from 10,031 in 2000 to 17,840 in mid-2015. That’s an increase of 77.8%.