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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsJon is absolutely relentless in the face of Summer's insistance that inflation is the result of
workers demanding too much stuff and not at least in part caused by corporate greed. So the answer, according to Summers, is to dampen down demand by removing worker spending power while at the same time ignoring price gouging.
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Jon is absolutely relentless in the face of Summer's insistance that inflation is the result of (Original Post)
flashman13
Mar 2023
OP
Man, Daily Show alums Jon S and John O are like my two most favorites dudes in the world
Hugh_Lebowski
Mar 2023
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roamer65
(36,745 posts)1. Larry Summers is an ASS.
Hes a slightly more moderate version of Cocaine Kudlow.
whathehell
(29,067 posts)3. I never understood..
why President Obama was so impressed by him.
roamer65
(36,745 posts)5. Bill Clinton as well.
Lloyd Bentsen and Robert Rubin were far better Treasury secretaries.
SharonAnn
(13,772 posts)7. Not tomention his well-known misogyny.
2naSalit
(86,609 posts)2. Yeah, that's Larry for ya.
A real piece of work.
Hugh_Lebowski
(33,643 posts)4. Man, Daily Show alums Jon S and John O are like my two most favorites dudes in the world
I loved 'em back then, and my appreciation only grows with time.
uponit7771
(90,336 posts)10. +1,
Timeflyer
(1,993 posts)6. Economic inequality is going to destabilize our country in a way it may never recover from.
uponit7771
(90,336 posts)11. +1, EI is world wide and way too accepted
ThoughtCriminal
(14,047 posts)9. Too many mergers - not enough competition
Anti-trust measures are a joke in this country.