A dark night, a mysterious dame, and a gumshoe looking for clues in the case of the vanishing wages

by Esther Cervantes

From Jared Bernstein's May 7 op ed in the LA Times.

"OK, gorgeous. Drop the 'two Americas' line and give it to me straight. You know as well as I do where the growth is going. What's your game?"

She nibbled her lip and looked up at me real sweet. "I suppose if I told you I'm just a girl who cares about the bottom 99%, you wouldn't believe me."

She supposed right. ... She was Milton Friedman with the body of Scarlett Johansson. I had to get outta there.

http://www.latimes.com/news/opinion/sunday/commentary/la-op-bernstein7may07,0,4131549.story

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