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Re:If pay had kept pace with productivity gains, minimum wag... by pas on Saturday October 10, 2020 @04:27PM (#24741632)
Yep, because middle-income jobs are disappearing - due to automation and scale: https://economics.mit.edu/files/11563

Plus again scale shifts profits away from labor: https://economics.mit.edu/files/12979

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