Prison labor is fucked, but companies' greed overpowering their prejudice towards ex-cons is actually what we want! https://rooseveltinstitute.org/wp-content/u

Prison labor is fucked, but companies' greed overpowering their prejudice towards ex-cons is actually what we want! https://rooseveltinstitute.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/RI_FullEmployment_Brief_202107.pdf https://rooseveltinstitute.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/RI... C.f. WWII when black people got way more jobs leading to more prosperity and power and ultimately the civil rights movement. The "labor shortage" is simply progress back towards the fast-growing economy and less lopsided labor market we used to have. Better growth raises all boats, but capitalists winge about their loss of relative power. This why I say it's a great lie capitalists actually like growth. They actually prefer a doldrum economy with an unproductive basset bubble.