• Rentlar@lemmy.ca
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    1 year ago

    An economist can tell me how productive stock buybacks and CEO and executive salary raises are because they too are at record levels post-pandemic.

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      how productive stock buybacks […] are

      Depends on what the average Joe who was previously holding the stock does with the money they receive in that buyback. If they invest it in productive activity, then it can boost productivity. If they use it to buy a house, well…