Studies
Three chart-backed studies that carry the heterodox interpretation of the data layer. Each reads the official BLS/BEA numbers through a real-competition (Shaikh) frame: the reading is labeled, the underlying data is neutral and downloadable in the Explorer.
Labor vs profit share — distributive conflict
The wage bill and the markup as competing claims on output, and what the 2021-2022 profit-share spike says about the inflation surge.
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Unit labor costs vs productivity — the soft-landing mechanism
Why disinflation happened without a recession: productivity, compensation, and unit labor costs read as a distributive split.
- Charts 2
The profit rate — real competition's regulating variable
The economy-wide profit rate and the productive/unproductive allocation of labor as the structural backdrop to wage-price dynamics.
- Charts 3