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Martin Heinrich: “We were chasing the capital offshore. And without capital there was no productivity growth. And without productivity…”

On the recordMarch 6, 2018
We were chasing the capital offshore. And without capital there was no productivity growth. And without productivity growth, there was no wage growth.
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Martin Heinrich
Democratic · New Mexico

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Heinrich emphasizes the link between capital, productivity, and wage growth.

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