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news Project Syndicate 2026-06-30

The Real Competitiveness Trap: Stalled Investment Despite Abundant Capital

New research indicates that despite abundant and cheap capital, strong corporate profits, and low investment, productivity, and wages have stalled in Europe for two decades. Labor's share of total income has also significantly decreased.

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