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Time Machine: Volcker Shock

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The Interplay Between Vulgar and the Right Word Turn in American Politics

The fed, vulgar and like minded economists essentially out manoeuvre labor unions throughout the 19 seventies and 19 eighties. And then when ragan is president, like regan is instituting structural economic reforms, he takes a more hostile posture toward private sector labor unions or public sector ones. It consolidates the super neliberal nineties globilization era. The european central bank during the great recession keeps saying to european governments like, you guys have all these policies in placeike ht, we think are bad? Like, europe has very interventionist labor market regulation. Has just lots of policies that most economists think are bad policies. You need to do structural

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