• wpb@lemmy.world
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    3 months ago

    We hit a tipping point though, where 99% of people do not have any capital to risk

    When do you think this tipping point was? Because as far as I can tell this was around the French revolution.

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      3 months ago

      In modern economics, a massive change came about in the early 1970s. Productivity and profits decoupled from employee wages, and continued to rise while wages stayed flat. Fast forward 50 years, account for inflation and shifts in technology, and it’s easy to see that employee wages HAVEN’T RISEN in meaningful amounts for 50 years. Meanwhile, companies are making more money than ever.

      So, I’d say it was in the 70’s.