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The Guardian - US
The Guardian - US
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Robert Reich

EXPLAINED: The democrats have a powerful campaign issue price gouging corporations | Rare Historical Photos

‘Inflation is not being propelled by an overheated economy. It’s being propelled by overheated profits.’
‘Inflation is not being propelled by an overheated economy. It’s being propelled by overheated profits.’ Photograph: Spencer Platt/Getty Images

The economic goal should be more jobs at higher wages. Right?

Yet the Federal Reserve, corporate economists and the Republican party have turned the goal upside down – into fewer jobs and lower wages. Otherwise, they say, we’ll face more inflation.

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