VisualizingEconomics has a great chart today, showing this recession’s effect on inflation-adjusted GDP per capita for Americans, versus its long (138 year!) trend line. Click for larger version:
Source:
“Long-term real growth in US GDP per capita 1871-2009” Catherine. VisualizingEconomics, 3/8/11. http://www.visualizingeconomics.com/2011/03/08/long-term-real-growth-in-us-gdp-per-capita-1871-2009/
