• Jake Farm@sopuli.xyz
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    1 month ago

    What happened in the 70s, cause according to this graph, that is when wages and productivity became divorced.

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      1 month ago

      The postwar-growth was over for good, so rising profits had to be made by keeping wages low.

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          1 month ago

          Are you saying when you raise productivity and surpress wages you are not increasing profits? Then, why all the hassle and neoliberal brainwashing? Curious.