WHAT’S UP WITH WAGES? NOTHING, AND THAT’S A PROBLEM (NOT A PUZZLE)

Submitted by Dan Graff on November 8, 2018 – 3:25pm

We like to believe that a rising tide lifts all boats — canoe and cruise ship alike — but most Americans who don’t own a yacht have been drowning due to forty years of flat wages. You would think that such a foundational fact — four decades of stagnant and even declining wages — might shape public discussion of the economy. Sadly, though, that is not the case.

Read the full column, from Sep. 17, 2018, at The Observer.