Carl Sagan's Warning 25 years ago

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[–]jet199 1 insightful - 2 fun1 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 2 fun -  (3 children)

I think you'll find the cost of tradesmen went up massively during the Thatcher administration. There were actually more opportunities for the working classes who wanted to take them. They were then of course undercut when the boarders were opened and those jobs went back to being seen as lesser.

The upper middle class were obviously not so happy about having to pay the help more.

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One data point won't work. Income inequality increased dramatically after 1979 in the UK (and US), due to "conservative" policy, known since then as the "radical right" policy. It's well known.

https://equalitytrust.org.uk/how-has-inequality-changed

https://www.bbc.co.uk/blogs/thereporters/markeaston/2010/01/is_inequality_iniquitous.html

https://www.reddit.com/r/dataisbeautiful/comments/e1jrvw/oc_salaries_vs_house_prices_in_uk/

https://www.economicshelp.org/blog/5568/housing/uk-house-price-affordability/

https://www.ft.com/content/d52743ca-c669-4c71-941f-8281230a21b5

https://www.health.org.uk/chart/chart-income-inequality-and-government-share-of-health-expenditure-in-the-uk

[–]jet199 3 insightful - 3 fun3 insightful - 2 fun4 insightful - 3 fun -  (1 child)

None of those links show any big change during Thatcher's time in power.

What a waste of time.

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They do. For example, at the first link, top graph, contrast bar graphs for 1979 and 1990, regarding the top 10% (light blue lines) and bottom 10% (brown lines). (You should know how to do this, given your profession.)