Actually compensation for most workers went up dramatically from the outset of the industrial revolution. There just wasn't that much wealth to go around prior

Actually compensation for most workers went up dramatically from the outset of the industrial revolution. There just wasn't that much wealth to go around prior to industrialisation. http://nws-sa.com/rr/Inequality/Lindert.pdf http://nws-sa.com/rr/Inequality/Lindert.pdf