How do low-wage workers get hurt by prosperity?

There is the thinking that they are exploited by prosperity. The working poor are relegated to low wages to make the rich even richer. Trickle-down economics, to many economists, is an illusion. A really good book you might want to consider regarding this can be found at the below link.

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