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America badly needs some raises

The labor market is a lot healthier in 2015 than it was five years ago, and with the unemployment rate falling, a lot of people are expecting the Federal Reserve to start acting to slow economic growth before workers demanding raises can generate inflation.

A new report from the National Employment Law Project puts that choice in context, by showing that inflation-adjusted wages fell substantially between 2009 and 2014 for almost every occupation under the sun.

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