Noah Smith on Worker Compensation, Co-determination, and Market Power
Episode Ep 649 1 hr 15 min

Noah Smith on Worker Compensation, Co-determination, and Market Power

Bloomberg Opinion columnist and economist Noah Smith talks with EconTalk host Russ Roberts about corporate control, wages, and monopoly power. Smith discusses the costs and benefits of co-determination--the idea of putting workers on corporate boards. The conversation then moves to a lively discussion of wages and monopoly power and how the American worker has been doing in recent years.

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