By Gilad Isaacs –
Schussler’s article has three central thrusts.
First, he argues that South Africa is not as unequal as popularly thought.
Second, Schussler asserts that ‘the major cause of inequality is not the pay gap, but rather the low number of people earning wage income, that is unemployment is to blame.
Third, he claims that the cause of high unemployment is “militant labour organisations” making “demands for ever increasing wages”. Remarkably, the conclusion is that increasing wages for the working poor increases inequality.
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