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.
In another reliably sensible column, Dean Baker asks Washington power brokers if they are willing to resign if they're $700 billion taxpayer-funded gamble fails to work.
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