The Dig: Inflation Politics with Tim Barker
Jacobin Radio
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Volcker's Obsession With Labor Unions
Volcker is obsessed with labor unions. Crushing labor was not incidental to his program. Not at all. It was an obsession. He had also been part of, in 1979, Chrysler, the automaker is near bankruptcy and requires a government bailout. And so he also intervenes more directly in the terms, the govern the employer-employee relationship.
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