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Also true in the UK.
Obviously there's a lot going on underneath this (pensioners vs working age, renters vs owner occupiers, increased severe deprivation, differential inflation) but most/"average" households have seen real income growth (and inequality has not increased).
George Pearkes
@peark.es
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This is a rehash of the vibecession debates but median household income adjusted for inflation hit a record in 2024 (2025 data will be released in September). It’s just *not true* in any objective sense that people don’t have money anymore. It may *feel* that way but that’s different from reality.
This reply is very revealing since of course the chart is taken from *exactly* the same survey data/DWP publication as the poverty stats.
You literally cannot believe one without the other.
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Similarly.
The "big dumb" chart is the same data/survey used to produce the official poverty stats. It is *the* data used by , & every serious analyst of poverty in the UK.
But some people here think they know better because vibes.
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I Am Damo Godzuki
@b11ckchps.bsky.social
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lmao. He's wheeling out his big dumb chart again.
9:06 PM · Apr 12, 2026
A better point is that the median doesn't tell you that much about the distribution. This chart is much more useful for that.
But it just confirms my original point (most people have seen income growth, albeit slow by historical standards, while severe deprivation has worsened).
Common problem here - people posting random stuff they've googled without having the 1st clue about the topic
TUC analysis looks at (one measure of) wages.
HBAI data is household disposable income after taxes and benefits. The latter is more relevant for living standards
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Phil McDuff
@mcduff.bsky.social
· 3d
This analysis says real wages at the end of austerity were still below 2008. The graph above says they were substantially higher. Who do you think is doing the analysis wrong?
One man’s “vibes” is another man’s lived experience which professors will more than likely never encounter.
Yeah the figures can be spun to fit anyone’s ideological preferences.
But the bottom and most important line is that thousands are suffering incredible hardship.
Yes mate, it's just vibes to question using a metric that puts the median housing cost at a good deal less than the median social rent.