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by Apocryphon 1239 days ago
Why hasn't worker pay arisen proportionally, since if they're working for multinationals they are similarly serving millions to billions?

> And they actually did it by putting their money where their mouth was and became shareholders in these companies, at great personal risk to themselves.

Judging by the steady growth in exec comp in Figure A of the second link, it doesn't seem like their efforts were very successful.

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> Why hasn't worker pay arisen proportionally, since if they're working for multinationals they are similarly serving millions to billions?

They have. In China and other assembly countries. And there’s your ultimate answer for what the actual problem is here. For Americans. Pretty good deal elsewhere.