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Robert Reich: The underlying economic problem... is profit price inflation, that is, corporations raising their prices above increases…

On the recordSeptember 21, 2022
The underlying economic problem... is profit price inflation, that is, corporations raising their prices above increases in their costs.
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Robert Reich

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Corporate profits are driving inflation, not wages.

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