Since the 1990s, the share of national income going to working- and middle-class Americans has been dropping. For most of the post-WWII period, wage-earners captured 64% of the Gross Domestic Product (GDP). At the beginning of the 21st century, however, things started to change for the worse. In 2017, wages and salaries accounted for just 43% of the GDP. This is the lowest level since 1929. READ MORE