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.
July/August 2021
These are all the articles from the July/August 2021 issue that have been posted online. To see the full table of contents for this issue, go to https://www.dollarsandsense.org/issue-355/
5 articles
Dear Dr. Dollar: Are Governments Economically Stupid in Failing to Suspend Patent Protection for Vaccines?
A recent study from the International Chamber of Commerce (ICC) showed that the rich countries' failure to support worldwide vaccinations against Covid-19 is likely to do severe harm to their own economies.
BOEING HIJACKED BY SHAREHOLDERS AND EXECS!
How Boeing workers are battling against perverse corporate incentives, and what their story tells us about our financialized economy.
Monopoly So Fragile
Container ships that have gotten "too big to sail" illustrate one of the less-appreciated harms of monopoly.