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With stagnant hourly wages, the only way for working families to get ahead is by working more hours, ... certainly not the path to improving living standards that we'd expect in an economy posting strong productivity gains.
Jared Bernstein
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Jared Bernstein
Age: 68
Born: 1955
Born: December 26
Chief Economist And Economic Policy Adviser
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