Wages for the top 1% skyrocketed 160% since 1979 while the share of wages for the bottom 90% shrunk — Lawrence Mishel and Jori Kandra

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Just deserts based on marginal contribution or institutional bias?Economic Policy InstituteWages for the top 1% skyrocketed 160% since 1979 while the share of wages for the bottom 90% shrunk: Time to remake wage pattern with economic policies that generate robust wage-growth for vast majorityLawrence Mishel and Jori Kandra

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