They hoped that in the space of a decade they would be able to complete the historical mission that had taken a period of centuries for Western intellectuals to realize.

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And that answer does not lie in studying historical financials, or pining over small changes period to period in any line item.

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And I cannot think of any other historical episode of wages for a large group of people improving that much in that short a period of time.

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The Private Pension Plan Bulletin Historical Tables published by the US Department of Labor in March, 2007, documents that trend in the twenty year period (1975- 2004) that followed the establishment of the PBGC.

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