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.
From Paul Krugman's blog. For perspective, here's a chart showing corporate profits from 1996 (and another, going back to 1947--scroll down about 2/3 of the page).
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