Vetter, Henrik creator text xu| 2007 continuing ng p.100-07. Golden Age and Golden Rule growth paths exemplify different ways to distribute income. In a recent article. Frank Thompson describes the difference between the two. In particular, the Golden Age is characterized by conflict between capital owners and workers. Despite this, workers act competitively; they are passive, taking whatever wage they are offered. In this extension and reexamination of Thompson's results, we assume that workers organize in a union when there is conflict with capitalists. - Reproduced. Wages Review of Radical Political Economics 180718