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Re:Why Can’t Americans Get a Raise? by and0 on Friday July 14, 2017 @10:19AM (#14769977)
Do you have any examples of these jobs that are now more vs less productive? I'd say the average Starbucks / fast food worker are significantly more productive while making less comparatively.

Labor's share of income vs capital's has not remained constant. Not even close.

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Re:Why Can’t Americans Get a Raise? by harryh on Friday July 14, 2017 @10:21AM (#14769981)
Labor's share of income vs capital's has not remained constant. Not even close.

Sure it has:

https://taxfoundation.org/walkthrough-gross-domestic-income

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Re:Why Can’t Americans Get a Raise? by and0 on Friday July 14, 2017 @10:48AM (#14770177)
No, it hasn't. Tax foundation is a conservative think tank, they're not a trustworthy source for this info.

https://fred.stlouisfed.org/series/W270RE1A156NBEA

Every time I engage with a libertarian (always a pointless endeavor) I feel like I have to take a shower after. Just.. ugh.

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Re:Why Can’t Americans Get a Raise? by harryh on Friday July 14, 2017 @10:54AM (#14770218)
The graph in your link is reproduced almost exactly in the link I shared (as chart 1). It doesn't take into account non wage income and a few other things.
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