[padre35]

” “intensfy”

As [in to] concentrate, to put under stress through maximum effort?

Yes.”

So is that “why” productivity has increased for at least 5 years now, and yet wages stagnated until the last year or so?

Would that be “to put under stress through maximum effort”?

[antinomian]

So is that “why” productivity has increased for at least 5 years now, and yet wages stagnated until the last year or so?

Why the quotes around the word "why"?

Productivity increases make goods cheaper. Wages do not necessarily have to rise in order to increase standards of living.

Would that be “to put under stress through maximum effort”?

Should I queue the Night Gallery music?