TORONTO—History tells us that the only way over time to raise individual living standards is through sustained increases in productivity. And for a long time, our incomes did rise as productivity rose, leading to rising living standards. But over the past quarter century, that link has been broken. Workers’ wages are no longer keeping up with productivity gains—a bigger share of the gains are going to shareholders, the owners of capital, while pay increases for workers are much
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