Author: Torsten Bell

Blog: Ignore the USA

by Torsten Bell

In navigating this complex and important debate, I have one rule of thumb: ignore the United States of America. Why is that a good idea? First, if we focus on the US, we soon conclude that “wages and productivity growth are now completely unrelated”. This is something that has been a problem in [...]

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