Between 1790 and 1840, wages of workers rose by a modest 12 per cent, while GDP per worker increased by more than half. It was not until the 1860s that ordinary people’s wages caught up with the gains of technology; and not until 1900 that they levelled up entirely. There was a century where workers lagged behind the gains; an uncomfortable century, even if it worked out in the end.82
Worked out in the end, after those workers and the bosses were long dead.
