When All Else Is Out of Bounds, Zap Labor
From Nixon’s wage controls to today’s interest rate hikes, the fight against inflation has targeted labor.
Tom Engelhart's last post of the year over at TomDispatch, is In Nightmares Begin Responsibilities: Why War Will Take No Holiday in 2010. It's a great one! Here's a tidbit:
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And from a few days ago at TomDispatch, an excellent account of the cost of the surge in Afghanistan, by Jo Comerford. Here's Tom's introduction:
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