Edward Conard

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Krugman Ignores Buyers Surplus and the Motivational Value of Status

In today’s “The Showoff Society” Paul Krugman continues to blame the drive for status among America’s most successful workers for abundant waste that yielded stagnant wage growth. Yesterday, he failed to recognize the drive for status fuels investment, risk-taking and innovation that helped spur U.S. job growth to twice the rate of Europe and three times the rate of Japan since 1980, and that the slowdown in wage growth likely resulted from open trade and immigration ... Read More


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