Dave wrote:
On Tue, 4 Jan 2005 20:11:53 -0800, "JG" said:


I just heard it on NPR


And we know NPR always gets things right, right?

From http://www.econop.org/pressreleases/stateof.htm.

"The study finds that despite recent economic gains, the living standards of
the typical American worker have not fully recovered from the early 1990s
recession _nor benefited from the overall growth in productivity_."

So it looks like either he misspoke or you misheard.

No. You misread. The book, and the statement you quote, is referring
to the time period 1998-1999, and was posted several years ago. The
quote on NPR referred to the last 4 years.

The speaker was one author of this book:
http://www.epinet.org/content.cfm/books_swa2004