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They are using their government-granted patent monopolies, and their control over technical information about the production of vaccines, to limit the supply of vaccines available to the world.
They are using their government-granted patent monopolies, and their control over technical information about the production of vaccines, to limit the supply of vaccines available to the world.
I get why the right likes to make it seem that the huge upward redistribution of the last four decades was just the result of the market working its magic, but why do so many liberals feel the need to play along?
I get why the right likes to make it seem that the huge upward redistribution of the last four decades was just the result of the market working its magic, but why do so many liberals feel the need to play along?
Thankfully we have the Washington Post to tell us that the Republican effort to block a crackdown on rich tax cheats had nothing to do with serving their campaign contributors.
Thankfully we have the Washington Post to tell us that the Republican effort to block a crackdown on rich tax cheats had nothing to do with serving their campaign contributors.
The impact of this pace of job loss in the utility sector would be dwarfed by other factors, like government-granted patent and copyright monopolies or the overall unemployment rate, in determining the extent of inequality in the country.
The impact of this pace of job loss in the utility sector would be dwarfed by other factors, like government-granted patent and copyright monopolies or the overall unemployment rate, in determining the extent of inequality in the country.
This is bizarre, because people who read the news section of the NYT would know that workers have more bargaining power in the economy right now than at any point since at least the late 1990s.
This is bizarre, because people who read the news section of the NYT would know that workers have more bargaining power in the economy right now than at any point since at least the late 1990s.
If the economy is in fact growing slowly in 2023, as currently projected, people will only be aware of this fact because news outlets and politicians choose to highlight it.
If the economy is in fact growing slowly in 2023, as currently projected, people will only be aware of this fact because news outlets and politicians choose to highlight it.
In the 1970s, actually in the late 1960s also, the Consumer Price Index (CPI) had an error in its construction that led it to overstate the rate of inflation relative to the current measure.
In the 1970s, actually in the late 1960s also, the Consumer Price Index (CPI) had an error in its construction that led it to overstate the rate of inflation relative to the current measure.
The difference between the view that the adjustment process will...involve some inflation, and the inflation hawks’ view...is whether the inflationary pressures are likely to be enduring. The latest evidence supports a temporary disruption.
The difference between the view that the adjustment process will...involve some inflation, and the inflation hawks’ view...is whether the inflationary pressures are likely to be enduring. The latest evidence supports a temporary disruption.
Democrats can get around a Republican filibuster on voting rights: make it about money.
Democrats can get around a Republican filibuster on voting rights: make it about money.
Given the depths to which the economy sank last spring, and the huge surge in coronavirus cases and deaths this winter, you have to be pretty happy with the way things stand now with the economy and the pandemic.
Given the depths to which the economy sank last spring, and the huge surge in coronavirus cases and deaths this winter, you have to be pretty happy with the way things stand now with the economy and the pandemic.

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