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Bernie Sanders: “Every worker in America is more productive, correct?”

Featuring: Bernie Sanders, Independent | U.S. Senate, Vermont

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Published | Video Starts at 37:54

Over the last 52 years, there's been an explosion in technology. Right. This stuff that we're looking at did not exist. Every worker in America is more productive, correct? Absolutely. Okay. Computers, et cetera. How much have real inflation accounted for? Wages increased in that 52 year time. Obviously with all of that worker productivity increasing, we must be making a lot more money, right? (37:54–37:57)

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Asserts that worker productivity in America has increased.

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