in exceptional America the more real-life-relevant median income—the amount of money going to the person who earns more than the poor half and less than the rich half—has hardly budged for decades. Meanwhile, since 2000 in Canada and the U.K., for instance, the median income has gone up 20 percent or more, and by similar amounts in Europe. Whether this or that country’s economy has grown faster or slower than America’s, they have shared their national prosperity. Boats have risen together.
