[SyzygistSix]

If that were the case, I would expect the number of hours that people work would be going down, the conditions would be getting better and the pay would increase.

There has been a lot of improvement in some parts of the world, especially some of the (formerly) worst, but a lot of workers are experiencing the opposite even while profits and productivity skyrocket.

[disruptthelaw]

I don’t follow, how does my claim imply that number of working hours would decrease or that conditions would increase? Those seem to be factors that fall outside of the specific forces we are discussing?