Wages and labor productivity

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by Harper’s Magazine, on June 5, 2019

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Wages and labor productivity

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Is Poverty Necessary?

Is Poverty Necessary?

The Digital Revolution That Wasn’t

Backlash

Dead horse and the featherbird

Sure, I Could Produce More

Who should get a raise, and when?

Sabotage

The pay-roll of Christendom