Severus_Snape@lemmy.world to United Kingdom@feddit.ukEnglish · 5 days agoLifetime of earnings not enough for UK workers to join wealthiest 10%, report sayswww.theguardian.comexternal-linkmessage-square11linkfedilinkarrow-up179arrow-down10cross-posted to: economy@lemmy.world
arrow-up179arrow-down1external-linkLifetime of earnings not enough for UK workers to join wealthiest 10%, report sayswww.theguardian.comSeverus_Snape@lemmy.world to United Kingdom@feddit.ukEnglish · 5 days agomessage-square11linkfedilinkcross-posted to: economy@lemmy.world
minus-squareLainTrain@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up18·5 days agoIt means hypothetically, in the abstract - if you got your lifetime earnings as a lump sum in one day it still wouldn’t be enough to get rich which shows how little wage labour pays compared to ways the rich make money e.g. assets
It means hypothetically, in the abstract - if you got your lifetime earnings as a lump sum in one day it still wouldn’t be enough to get rich which shows how little wage labour pays compared to ways the rich make money e.g. assets