Trump has consistently claimed that exporters, those countries who are “ripping us off,” are paying the tariffs. However, the actual data tell a different story.
Far from earning living wages, most U.S. workers have experienced wage stagnation since the 1970s--a trend largely obscured by political rhetoric and misinformation.
Mike-Frank Epitropoulos teaches sociology at the University of Pittsburgh. He spent three years teaching in both private- and public-sector higher education in Greece before returning to the United St