Originally Posted By: Kanektok Kid
The typical worker has had stagnating wages for a long time, despite enjoying some wage growth during the economic recovery of the late 1990s. While productivity grew 80% between 1979 and 2009, the hourly wage of the median worker grew by only 10.1%, with all of this wage growth occurring from 1996 to 2002, reflecting the strong economic recovery of the late 1990s.



Productivity isn't up 80% because the workers are working 80% harder--- it's mostly because of innovations in equipment(usually replacing workers)
More goods produced by less workers equals more productivity.
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