points by shimman 3 days ago | 0 comments
That was only true for a small period of time in America:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Great_Compression
Outside of that small 20ish year window, workers have never benefitted from increased productivity compared to the capitalists that have stolen $50 trillion from the masses:
https://time.com/5888024/50-trillion-income-inequality-ameri...
That said, ppp adjusted median houshold income has grown fairly steadily even in the US, even with growing inequality... so workers too have benefitted, just not as much as they could of the gains had been spread more evenly