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https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cr5d0l7el36o

> the tendency for wages in jobs that have experienced little or no increase in labor productivity to rise in response to rising wages in other jobs that did experience high productivity growth. In turn, these sectors of the economy become more expensive over time, because their input costs increase while productivity does not. Typically, this affects services more than manufactured goods, and in particular health, education, arts and culture.

https://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/aw/reviews/B004FTF6H4/

Excerpts:

"My husband has never allowed me to write, as he doesn't want me touching mens pens."

"I bought it for all my female friends and relatives. It enabled them, finally, to write things (although they may not yet know to do so on paper; but you can only expect so much, really)."

[0] https://dictionary.cambridge.org/dictionary/english/ersatz

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