Effects of raising pay without fixing the economy


MALAYSIA’S wage debate has been framed as a warning to workers: salaries cannot keep rising unless productivity rises, too. That sounds sensible.

It is also a convenient way to shift attention away from the harder question: Why has the economy failed to create enough productive businesses and high value jobs to make better pay sustainable?

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