Education and training are the best means of raising his pay. The second is his efficiency in doing it - training and the capital investment that increase his output are the deciding factors here. This last factor, above all, explains why the doomsayers are wrong when they claim that, through open trade, a resident of Myanmar with a machine tool will torpedo the pay of a Swiss with a similar piece of kit. Switzerland has formidable collective productivity. Its infrastructure is superb.
People pull together in an atmosphere of consultation, consensus, fairness and self-discipline.
It explains why a German fitter, making a tradeable good, is able to cost his employer twice as much a year as a British one. Yes, the German handicap may now be a bit too demanding and need adjusting. But it remains Germany's triumph. These are the new givens of the world we're in. Leaping out of this analysis are two big requirements to reconcile opposites.