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Yes, Buchanan's great book on trade, "The Great Betrayal." Lots of people have written about the pressure on working class wages, which largely is the result of free trade and mass immigration.

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Data extracted on: November 2, 2007 (1:20:46 PM)

Employment, Hours, and Earnings from the Current Employment Statistics survey (National)

Year	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec	Annual
Series Id: CEU0500000031 Not Seasonally Adjusted Super Sector: Total private Industry: Total private NAICS Code: N/A Data Type: AVERAGE WEEKLY EARNINGS, 1982 DOLLARS
1993	256.07	256.64	255.12	255.99	259.93	257.82	258.40	260.65	259.12	259.34	259.63	261.78	258.45
1994	260.07	257.10	258.98	259.90	261.76	260.08	259.85	259.39	260.87	263.35	259.59	261.72	260.29
1995	259.25	257.65	256.59	257.66	255.75	257.80	259.89	258.94	260.32	261.52	259.95	260.61	258.78
1996	253.47	257.54	256.94	256.77	257.20	262.42	258.65	261.45	264.20	261.05	261.47	265.05	259.92
1997	258.79	262.78	263.86	262.43	263.19	266.15	264.24	266.77	267.65	268.17	270.86	271.35	265.60
1998	267.79	271.61	271.12	268.52	271.22	271.26	271.09	275.80	271.66	274.00	276.09	276.09	272.18
1999	271.90	273.93	272.84	272.95	276.00	275.18	275.57	278.17	273.40	275.92	275.36	276.98	275.03
2000	277.77	274.31	272.53	277.75	274.03	274.05	277.32	275.88	276.12	278.98	275.47	276.75	275.97
2001	272.91	273.59	273.67	274.46	272.52	273.63	278.04	276.42	277.87	275.46	277.04	283.08	275.71
2002	276.17	277.72	276.37	275.88	276.51	282.40	277.62	280.25	283.03	279.63	279.21	285.01	279.18
2003	278.27	279.12	277.60	275.33	277.55	281.93	278.44	279.25	278.91	279.00	284.06	280.45	279.13
2004	277.71	281.10	276.27	276.10	279.17	274.61	277.35	280.91	277.69	277.30	276.40	279.73	277.88
2005	279.74	276.77	274.27	274.38	277.63	275.46	275.58	275.03	273.63	277.17	276.36	277.81	276.17
2006	279.08	276.33	276.14	278.53	273.88	275.81	278.62	277.10	280.04	286.32	282.75	284.36	279.19
2007	281.12	280.54	280.30	281.80	277.07	279.52	283.40	282.12	286.39(p)
p : preliminary


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Looks like earnings have improved since NAFTA.

Yup them numbers go up, but no the same data I asked for in manufacturing hours to current.

Now as you would amortize a loan, go pull the government's numbers on "Core Inflation Rates" (Big Joke) and the real inflation rates from the gov and run the numbers in an Excel spreadsheet.......I think you'll see something astounding.

Even in 1982 dollars, that's only a total of 9.7% increase for the 14 year period which is not inflation offset.

BTW, thanks for the income data....still....find the manufacturing hours info...GOOD LUCK!!