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These shafts are also called K-shaped shafts or polygon shafts.
2. Kinds of Feather Keys and Profile Shafts Frank Wenghfer 1990
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Who are these people in the K-shaped state where the Mississippi River begins?
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“When people talk about the K-shaped economy, they’re talking about an economy that is being experienced very differently across the population,” said Joanne Hsu, the director of the Surveys of Consumers at the University of Michigan. The wealthy, represented by the line of the K that is angled up, are spending confidently. The less wealthy, the line trending down, are scrambling to make ends meet.
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Today, the US is in the grips of its third consecutive "K-shaped" recovery, that's an economic rally where the rich get richer, and everyone else gets poorer.
Pluralistic: The Post-American Internet (01 Jan 2026) – Pluralistic: Daily links from Cory Doctorow Cory Doctorow 2026
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