DAILY KOS
THU MAR 07, 2013 AT 10:00 AM PST
Don't think class war from above is real? Check out productivity and wage growth since 1973
attribution: CNNMoney
"A bigger share of what businesses in the U.S. are producing is going to the owners of the firms and the people who lent money to the firm, and a smaller share is going to workers," said Gary Burtless, senior fellow in economic studies at The Brookings Institution.Also, don't forget we're talking about median earnings here, and during these same years, income inequality skyrocketed. You simply don't get results like these without an organized, sustained attack on workers—exactly what we've seen since 1973.