Kanadas „Produktivitätsproblem“ überdenken | Der Tyee

> I’m not denying that perhaps some people stand to benefit from greater productivity and GDP growth. But how is that wealth shared?

If we take a look at the Gini coefficient (a measure of income inequality, where 0.0 is perfect equality and 1.0 is perfect inequality) for after-tax income in the last 50 years, you will see that it has remained incredibly stable. However, total income (before tax) inequality has increased. To me, this indicates that Canada’s tax system has done a good job redistributing wealth across society.

https://www150.statcan.gc.ca/t1/tbl1/en/tv.action?pid=1110013401

This article really just reads like a bunch of contrarian nonsense that ignores the actual realities of Canada’s economic situation. The entire reason why Canada’s economy has been stagnant compared to it’s OECD peers in the last decade is that our productivity has been growing at a much more stagnant pace. Making the excuse that addressing it just/or predominantly benefits the wealthy ignores that it’s objectively the most proven route to actually improving long term per capita growth in Canada, which is the best way to objectively raise median wages across the board etc.

Likewise, higher per capita growth means more revenue and higher per capita spending on services etc. The articles point about wanting less cuts and more spending for social services is independent of the argument it’s making about productivity and them undermining the role productivity plays in Canada’s economy just because they’re unhappy with how Ottawa is allotting spending is extraordinarily reductive.