JamesRSOct 25, 2024
Tim Harford 

Should everyone earn their pay rise?

Mozart and Haydn were composing string quartets a quarter of a millennium ago, when the industrial revolution was in its infancy. Since then, the scale of the world economy has increased at least a hundredfold and material living standards in western Europe have grown 20 times over, perhaps more. Our ability to travel, build, calculate, communicate or simpl

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Should everyone earn their pay rise?

Mozart and Haydn were composing string quartets a quarter of a millennium ago, when the industrial revolution was in its infancy. Since then, the scale of the w

Tim Harford
Oct 24, 2024 at 4:59pmWeb
Show threadAlan HicksOct 24, 2024
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Apt when talking about "earn their pay rise"
Both were famous and respected, yet Mozart died in penury, Joseph Hadyn had royal patronage.
IMHO little has changed over the centuries 😢