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Matt Clancy

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As seen in: Coefficient Giving, Apple Podcasts, godaddy.com, Medium, Institute for Progress, Substack, What's New Under the Sun, City Journal, RealClear Markets, CapX, Progressive Policy Institute and
Abundance and Growth Fund Program Director at @coeff_giving. Creator of newthingsunderthesun.com. See mattsclancy.com for more.
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The Abundance and Growth Blog

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By Matt Clancy
| abundanceandgrowth.org
Series: Reagan White House Photographs, 1/20/1981 - 1/20/1989Collection: White House Photographic Collection, 1/20/1981 - 1/20/1989, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons The 2027 National Science Foundation Budget Request proposes to eliminate the Social, Behavioral, and Economic (SBE) Directorate, which funds social science research.1 So far, all signs suggest it means to follow through on this proposal (the NSF’s SBE Directorate has made essentially no research awards so far this year,...
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The Abundance and Growth Blog

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By Matt Clancy
| Substack
American economic growth is slowing. Consider the figure below, which plots the increase in GDP per capita experienced by a 35-year-old American. Before the year 2000, the norm was to experience per capita income doubling (and then some) by your 35th birthday. But in the 21st century, per capita income gains have steadily fallen. Today, the typical person sees GDP per capita increase by roughly 70% in their first 35 years.
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Feeling Below Average at the Median

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By Matt Clancy
| mattsclancy.github.io
Among Americans right at the middle of the household income distribution, the share reporting that their family income is “below average” or “far below average” has roughly doubled since the early 1970s — from around 15% to around 30%. Most of this increase occurred after 2000. Among Americans in the upper half of the income distribution, the same share has been essentially flat across five decades, holding between 8 and 11%. The chart below shows both trends.
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