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Where is all this productivity [0] going, then, if not to wages? Is it just "disappearing" [unlikely, IMHO]?

[0] researchgate.net/figure/US-Productivity-and-Hourly-Compensation-Source-Bureau-of-Labor-Statistics_fig1_270640833

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Wages don't count benefits, total compensation has risen faster than wages.

It goes to the government. The government consumes something like 24% of the GDP.

That's federal only!

… and then 40% of the GDP comes from the public sector.

Centralized systems are more efficient by definition, it’s why the public sector can seemingly magically multiply money where the private sector cannot.

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