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.
Another sobering sign of the times from the Times. Highlights both the lack of a safety net in the United States as well as the shame associated with falling on hard times, even during the greatest global economic crisis in a generation:
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