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I'm not moralizing w/r/t good or bad. I pointed out conditions in which folks with significant assets start freaking out. It's not "higher wages" - it's the co
by platz 7y ago
I'm not moralizing w/r/t good or bad. I pointed out conditions in which folks with significant assets start freaking out. It's not "higher wages" - it's the combination of targeting full employment and preventing unrestricted global capital flows. Wages will simply go up in that regime (in full employment, the highest workers/earners have no downside to negotiate and can leave any given job). Companies don't have a good counter. So employees win - yay. But employer/employee in not the only game in town. Since wages go up, if global capital flows are restricted (closed borders), inflation also goes up. The other game in town is what the folks with real serious assets want, and they absolutely hate high inflation, so there will be some political battle to decide how the situation is resolved. in the 70's it was resolved by the investor class winning the political battle, and switching the economy to neoliberalism - price stability over full employment, and globalizing capital to allow it to seek it's highest return.
- CBLT 7y agoThanks, I think I misread your original comment slightly. I appreciate your clarification.