In the 2016 presidential race, candidates from both major parties are looking for ways to address inequality. Partly, they must do so because seven years after the 2008 crash, many Americans still are not getting ahead, according to several analyses by the Economic Policy Institute think tank. In fact, that is nothing new. Factoring in inflation, wage growth has stagnated for the bottom 90% of Americans since 1979. In the 2016 presidential race, candidates from both major parties are looking for ways to address inequality. Partly, they must do so because seven years after the 2008 crash, many Americans still are not getting ahead, according to several analyses by the Economic Policy Institute think tank. In fact, that is nothing new. Factoring in inflation, wage growth has stagnated for the bottom 90% of Americans since 1979.