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Comment by dnautics

9 years ago

And that mechanism doesn't work, unless their salaries don't keep up with inflation. Notably, this relationship is asymmetric, since there is no corresponding way to increase labor wages without giving a pay raise.

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kgwgk  9 years ago

Salaries can grow faster than inflation at other times, keeping them aligned over the long term.

  • dnautics  9 years ago

    you've never been poor, have you?

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