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Video | Personal Income

Dead Wrong: The Delusion of Wage Stagnation

If there’s anything the populist Right and the socialist Left agrees on, it’s that workers have been getting a raw deal. Wages used to rise in line with productivity, but since the 1970s they have been nailed to the factory floor. Dead Wrong.

Johan Norberg — May 13, 2020

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  • Johan Norberg

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    Johan Norberg is a senior fellow at the Cato Institute. He is the author of, "Progress: Ten Reasons to Look Forward to the Future."

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