Middle-class families in 2008 actually earned less, adjusted for inflation, than they did in 1999.
The gains have been particularly strong in the bottom half of the work force -- people earning $12.35 an hour or less, adjusted for inflation.
CHARTS: Earning Less and Worth Less: Adjusted for inflation, per capita disposable personal income has yet to recover to the peak reached in 2008.
While avoidance of seizure adverse events may limit dosages – for example, imipenem 2 g/day or less (adjusted as necessary for renal dysfunction and other conditions) – these dosages are likely to be suboptimal for treatment of infections involving P. aeruginosa, A. baumannii, and other organisms with intermediate susceptibility.
Measured by the benchmark favoured by the World Bank of income of $2 a day or less, adjusted to cater for differences in purchasing power, the proportion of the world's population in poverty dropped from 56% in 1980 to 23% in 2000, on Mr Bhalla's calculations.
The median male worker earns less today, adjusted for inflation, than he did 30 years ago.
Judging by published prices, this year's increase — less than 3 percent, adjusted for inflation, for public and private colleges combined — is low by recent standards.
Craig Wright, chief economist at the Royal Bank of Canada in Toronto, estimated that, as a result of the setbacks, growth in the second quarter slowed to an annual rate of less than 1percentt, adjusted for inflation.
It's worth comparing for instance, how new medicines are assessed by the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (Nice) on whether they provide extra years of life for less than £20,000, adjusted for the quality of those extra years, with the measures used for the cost-benefit analysis of seven-day working.
Consider its labor policies, which failed to increase minimum wages for the majority of America: Minimum wage is worth less now -- adjusted for inflation -- than it was in 1968 when the inequality trend started to take off.
Not only is the U.S. minimum wage worth less now -- adjusted for inflation -- than it was 44 years ago in 1968, but the median wage actually declined in three calendar years since 2001, the first time since 1967 that has happened.
