You should re-read the article. We've seen an increase in productivity, but no matched increase in wages (a 75% increase in worker productivity in America from

You should re-read the article. We've seen an increase in productivity, but no matched increase in wages (a 75% increase in worker productivity in America from 1973 to 2016, while average pay rose by less than 50% and median pay by just over 10%). As for the rest of your comment, you should look into the Lump of Labour fallacy[1]. 1: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lump_of_labour_fallacy https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lump_of_labour_fallacy