Labour’s share of income: why are trends in the U.S. and Canada so different?
Stephen Gordon ponders the great, unsolved puzzle
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Stephen Gordon
Stephen Gordon is an economics professor at l’Université Laval in Quebec City. He started the blog Worthwhile Canadian Initiative in 2005 and has been blogging about economics ever since.
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