Who benefits in the spiral of rising wages and rising prices?
Who benefits in the spiral of rising wages and rising prices? Inflation rose in many rich countries, leading to higher wages and prices. But neither companies raising prices nor workers getting a raise are unlikely to benefit. Discontent is growing in some post-pandemic OECD economies. Households say companies are taking advantage of price increases, which have helped push the average inflation rate in rich countries to 6.6% over the past year. Companies put these allegations aside and believe that they are the real losers. They complain employees are demanding ever higher wages. Earlier this month, Andrew Bailey, Governor of the Bank of England, caused controversy by suggesting that workers should moderate their wage demands - even if he has failed to ask You don't raise prices. Collectively, economic output must go to the owners of capital, in the form of profits, dividends and rents; or for labor, in the form of wages, salaries and benefits. Economists call this the "capit...