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.
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New Issue!
Our November/December 2016 issue is out! I just posted the cover story, Jerry Friedman's Nativism: As American
European Social Democracy and the Roots of the Eurozone Crisis
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Nativism: As American as (Rotten) Apple Pie
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Cheaper, Quicker, Safer: Green Transportation for All
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Strangers in Their Own Land: Anger and Mourning on the American Right
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An Undergraduate’s Question about Economic Policy
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The Clean Power Plan’s Day in Court
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