[EddieDante]

Likewise, if family farms, businesses, and trades were still viable corporations would have to pay more to lure people into working for them.

[biomcgary]

Absolutely! "In the 16 years from 1998 to 2014, the small business share of GDP fell from 48.0% to 43.5%." - https://sbecouncil.org/about-us/facts-and-data/

[cudgy]

Perhaps this is due to Walmart and Amazon killing small merchants? Would be interesting to know what sectors of small businesses were affected the most or if it was systemic across all sectors.