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Archive Home > 2008 > December > 14 > ADDING IT UP

ADDING IT UP

Understanding the wage system of the Big Three

By David Leonhardt / The Bulletin
December 14, 2008

Seventy-three dollars an hour.

That figure — repeated on television and in newspapers as the average pay of a Big Three autoworker — has become a big symbol in the fight over what should happen to Detroit. To critics, it is a neat encapsulation of everything that’s....

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