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On rising wages after the pandemic.
Workers are quitting their jobs and not going back. Restricted supply is seeing wages go up. Does this signal a new militancy, or are workers just deciding to make do with less? How has the pandemic shaped people's outlooks?
Articles:
- Wages are surging across the rich world, The Economist
- The Revolt of the American Worker, Paul Krugman, NYT
- US Workers Are in a Militant Mood, Alex N. Press, Jacobin
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