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Because there's an enormous and growing gap between top compensation and lowest quantity pay, a better comparison would be to look at _median pay_ as a share of _GDP per capita_.



"business owners" by definition, means capital. AI engineers, quant traders, and bankers making 7 figures TC doesn't magically mean they're "business owners" in "business owners capture all of the benefits of the increased productivity".




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