Robert Samuelson on History, Inequality, and Productivity

Robert Samuelson was inspired by a graph in the new Economic Report of the President to tell readers that the real problem for the middle class is not inequality but rather productivity growth. His point is that if we had kept up the Golden Age (1943-1973) rates of productivity growth it would have mattered much more to middle income families living standards than the rise in inequality since 1980.

This is true in the sense of if I were six feet five inches, I would be taller than I am, but i...