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Ron Wyden: “The market is not really rewarding work for people at the middle of the distribution the way it used to.”

On the recordMarch 12, 2014
The market is not really rewarding work for people at the middle of the distribution the way it used to.
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Ron Wyden
Democratic · Oregon

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Discusses the lack of market rewards for middle-income workers.

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