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duncan cairncross's avatar

We all used to get a share of the pie

As productivity increased so did wages

Then Reagan (and Thatcher) broke that link and the 0.1% (who had damn all to do with the improvements) pocketted the increased wealth

The Mongoose's avatar

That's what they tell us. I dunno, Reagan happened while i was graduating high school. So i can verify the last 60 years from lived experience, i have to take the before-times on faith. But i suspect a world without Ronald Reagan might have been a better world.

duncan cairncross's avatar

https://www.epi.org/productivity-pay-gap/#:~:text=Starting%20in%20the%20late

Unfortunately just living through a period gives very little insight into what is actually happening - you have got to step backwards and look at the numbers

Élisabeth Vonarburg's avatar

Haven't some of us been saying that for quite some time ? Technology [“progress”] does what politics allows/wants it to do ? But thank you for a very good image (engine/road). I'm glad I subscribed to your substack, albeit late in the game.

The Mongoose's avatar

Welcome to the party! I'm not always right, but i'm always curious. Let's find out what happens next, together.