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The Shifting Landscape of American Labor and Capital
This chapter examines the influence of stock buybacks on the U.S. economy, highlighting the shift in profit distribution from labor to shareholders over the last forty years. It analyzes the decline in labor's share of income, the effects of globalization, and the emergence of a K-shaped economy in the context of Reaganomics.