>I criticized him for not making an argument in the article. He didn't, nor did he link to this paper.

But he did make that argument in the article. It's a short-oped so he didn't make it in the same amount of detail, but it is in the article. Did you read the entire article?

>A company’s profits are, however, the financial foundation for investments in productive capabilities, first and foremost in employees. Investment in training and retaining employees is the key to productivity growth and innovation, for individual companies and for the economy.

I'm not saying the argument is right or not. I'm saying your outright dismissal of the entire premise as garbage and a meme not worth considering is wrong.