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Re:The labor share of income in the US is at its lowest post... by boelboel on Tuesday June 30, 2026 @01:58PM (#48736579)
Construction notably has had productivity losses since the 80s afaik.
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Re:The labor share of income in the US is at its lowest post... by zer00eyz on Tuesday June 30, 2026 @03:36PM (#48738136)
Good call out, and an interesting case I was unaware of.

It looks like this is another facet of the "bitter medicine" that we're seeing around housing in general.

The first article that I saw pointed out that there is a correlation between productivity and regulation (of construction permitting etc). I would believe that because it has a corollary with "housing starts" (a measure of new construction) and its regional strength in the red/south portion of the country.

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