Derek Thompson - Derek Thompson is an associate editor at The Atlantic, where he writes about economics, business, and technology. Derek has also written for BusinessWeek, Slate and The Daily Beast.
Tim Noah did a yeoman's job trying to answer that question in this series. One thing he didn't address is that, unlike the rise in inequality, median income stagnation has not been unique to the United States. Canada has suffered from it, for instance. That makes me skeptical of overly U.S.-centric explanations. One question that's never been answered to my satisfaction is why the link between productivity and income growth broke:
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