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Re:This Can’t Go On by CryptoPunk on Wednesday August 04, 2021 @05:50AM (#28059125)
>>Productivity is increasing, but wages are decreasing.

Wages have increased more in the last 30 years than at any time in history:

https://www.csmonitor.com/World/2016/0207/Progress-in-the-gl...

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Re:This Can’t Go On by imtringued on Wednesday August 04, 2021 @12:23PM (#28062900)
Wages are stagnating in the developed world and it's mostly because of politics.
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Re:This Can’t Go On by CryptoPunk on Wednesday August 04, 2021 @07:18PM (#28067685)
Wages are stagnating in the developed mostly because productivity is stagnating:

http://www.brookings.edu/research/opinions/2014/12/22-source...

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