Productivity Quote by Erik Brynjolfsson

We are in the midst of a protracted wage slump, ... a troubling trend that is largely going unnoticed by policymakers.

— Jared Bernstein

“But once again, there is some disappointing news, as the income of the median or typical American household is down since 2000, and unless…

— Tyler Cowen

Economy: cutting down other people's wages.

— J. B. Morton

In addition to joblessness, of course, by the working of supply and demand, when you have a larger number of people unemployed, wages do…

— Tim Bishop

The rising productivity of labor is a myth, a statistical illusion created by measuring combined output in terms of labor input.

— Louis O. Kelso

Median wages of production workers, who comprise 80 percent of the workforce, haven't risen in 30 years, adjusted for inflation.

— Robert Reich

Since 1978 for the bottom half of the wealth distribution male median wages have actually gone down. And I think that's a crucial reason.…

— Tucker Carlson

“Between 1971 and 2001, while the median wage and salary income of the average worker showed literally no gain, the income of the top…

— Barack Obama

If you look at the US economy over the last 15-20 years wages have been stagnating or even declining.

— David Korten

Real median household incomes in the U.S. were basically the same in 1989 as in 2014. But we are also seeing similar challenges in…

— Mariana Mazzucato

Nothing disturbs me more than the downward trend of productivity in our nation today. The consequences of a decrease in productivity are a diminished…

— Robert S. Strauss

“Overall, more than fifty-nine thousand factories and production facilities were shut down all across America over the last decade, and employment in the core…

— Hedrick Smith