Matthew Rognlie – Economics of Information Society

Labour share of income (Part 4 – Does wage inequality matter?)

Labour share of income (Part 4 – Does wage inequality matter?) Phuah Eng Chye (16 June 2018) It is widely recognised that “in advanced economies, the gap between the rich and poor is at its highest level in decades.” Hence, many regard “widening income inequality is the defining challenge of our time.”[1] Income inequality raises … “Labour share of income (Part 4 – Does wage inequality matter?)”

Labour share of income (Part 1 – Theories and measurement)

Labour share of income (Part 1 – Theories and measurement) Phuah Eng Chye (26 May 2018) At the macroeconomic level, the impact of landscape change on labour can be gauged by changes in the labour share of income or the share of national income paid in wages. Noah Smith notes “for decades, macroeconomic models assumed … “Labour share of income (Part 1 – Theories and measurement)”

Phuah Eng Chye

I was formerly a securities regulator and equities analyst. I started writing these articles (and a book) because I felt that there were a lot of economic theories that didn’t seem to match up to the realities we are facing. This also means that a lot of policies (based on these theories) are wrong. So I’ve tried to make sense of how things worked based on the paradigm of an information society. Its a challenging topic and difficult to pin down. This means I have had to explore issues over a wide range of policy areas. Over the next few months, I will cover the service economy, the sharing economy, household and work structures before moving onto policy issues on the anorexic economy (role of corporates, basic income, housing affordability) and the financialisation process (capital, monetary policy, securities regulation).

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31 August 2024	The dismal decade (Part 8: Seven forces shaping 2030 #5)