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← Low-wage workers sacrifice their own lives so that everyone else's are cheaper and easier

17 connected korrents · 15 moments from 12 Jun 2017 to 16 Sept 2026. Nearly all of them are about inflation.

Everything filed under housing housing Everything filed under interest rates interest rates Everything filed under price gouging price gouging Everything filed under tariffs tariffs Everything filed under America America Everything filed under Google Google Same subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subject Read this korrent: Low-wage workers sacrifice their own lives so that everyone else's are cheaper and easier Low-wage workers sacrifice their own livesso that everyone else's are cheaper andeasier BE Barbara Ehrenreich — holds since c. 2001 — tap for who they are Same subject: A company's staff-engineer bar should be set against the best companies in the industry rather than against its own history, which is what makes title inflation a real cost. — tap to centre the map on it A company's staff-engineer barshould be set against the bestcompanies in the industry ratherthan against its own history, whichis what makes title inflation a realcost. Last stated 7 months ago 1 Apr 2026 TP Thuan Pham — holds since 2026-04-01 — tap for who they are Same subject: Adjusted for inflation, far more American families are now high-income and far fewer are low-income than in 1967. — tap to centre the map on it Adjusted for inflation, far moreAmerican families are nowhigh-income and far fewer arelow-income than in 1967. Last stated 2 months ago 16 Sept 2026 JH Jeremy Horpedahl — holds since 2026-09-16 — tap for who they are Same subject: AI's effect on inflation is disinflationary over five to ten years but inflationary over the coming year because of chip shortages. — tap to centre the map on it AI's effect on inflation isdisinflationary over five to tenyears but inflationary over thecoming year because of chipshortages. Last stated 2 months ago 7 Sept 2026 CS Claudia Sahm — holds since 2026-09-07 — tap for who they are Same subject: An economy on a fixed, unprintable base money supply can sustain rapid long-run growth with zero cumulative price inflation. — tap to centre the map on it An economy on a fixed, unprintablebase money supply can sustain rapidlong-run growth with zero cumulativeprice inflation. Last stated 8 months ago 11 Mar 2026 LA Lyn Alden — holds since 2026-03-11 — tap for who they are Same subject: Cash welfare benefits contributed at least somewhat to the inflation of 2021-2022. — tap to centre the map on it Cash welfare benefits contributed atleast somewhat to the inflation of2021-2022. Last stated 4 years ago 25 Jul 2022 NS Noah Smith — holds since 2022-07-25 — tap for who they are Same subject: Ceding control of the Fed's balance sheet to the Treasury so it can keep interest rates low for more government borrowing would be a real inflation risk. — tap to centre the map on it Ceding control of the Fed's balancesheet to the Treasury so it can keepinterest rates low for moregovernment borrowing would be a realinflation risk. Last stated 2 months ago 17 Aug 2026 CS Claudia Sahm — holds since 2026-08-17 — tap for who they are Same subject: Central bank purchases of government bonds are not bailouts and do not automatically cause inflation, since they only change the composition of the consolidated government's liabilities, not their total. — tap to centre the map on it Central bank purchases of governmentbonds are not bailouts and do notautomatically cause inflation, sincethey only change the composition ofthe consolidated government'sliabilities, not their total. Last stated 4 years ago 1 Jun 2022 OB Olivier Blanchard — holds since 2022-06-01 — tap for who they are Same subject: Central banks may begin easing tightening measures in the first half of 2023 as inflation and the economy cool. — tap to centre the map on it Central banks may begin easingtightening measures in the firsthalf of 2023 as inflation and theeconomy cool. Last stated 4 years ago 1 Jan 2023 FW Fred Wilson — holds since 2023-01-01 — tap for who they are Same subject: A house is built by trades that barely coordinate with each other, which is what makes housing cheap to design and almost impossible to redesign. — tap to centre the map on it A house is built by trades thatbarely coordinate with each other,which is what makes housing cheap todesign and almost impossible toredesign. Last stated 3 years ago 2 Apr 2024 BP Brian Potter — holds since 2024-04-02 — tap for who they are Same subject: A lack of AI is not contributing to the housing crisis. — tap to centre the map on it A lack of AI is not contributing tothe housing crisis. Last stated 11 months ago 16 Dec 2025 KJ Ken Jennings — holds since 2025-12-16 — tap for who they are Same subject: A neighbourhood redevelops itself when rising land values meet permission to build more intensely, and it stagnates when either half is missing. — tap to centre the map on it A neighbourhood redevelops itselfwhen rising land values meetpermission to build more intensely,and it stagnates when either half ismissing. Last stated 9 years ago 12 Jun 2017 CM Charles Marohn — holds since 2017-06-12 — tap for who they are Same subject: A country should raise revenue by tariffing foreign countries rather than by taxing its own citizens. — tap to centre the map on it A country should raise revenue bytariffing foreign countries ratherthan by taxing its own citizens. Last stated 2 years ago 20 Jan 2025 DT Donald Trump — holds since 2025-01-20 — tap for who they are Same subject: A protective tariff is the greatest job of all — tap to centre the map on it A protective tariff is the greatestjob of all WS William Graham Sumner — holds since c. 1883 — tap for who they are Same subject: A subsidy race combined with stronger carbon pricing efforts is superior to a tariff war. — tap to centre the map on it A subsidy race combined withstronger carbon pricing efforts issuperior to a tariff war. Last stated 3 years ago 5 Apr 2024 GW Gernot Wagner — holds since 2024-04-05 — tap for who they are Same subject: Corner allocations under price ceilings are a distinct source of cross-market misallocation, separate from Harberger quantity loss and within-market misallocation. — tap to centre the map on it Corner allocations under priceceilings are a distinct source ofcross-market misallocation, separatefrom Harberger quantity loss andwithin-market misallocation. Last stated 9 months ago 12 Feb 2026 AT Alex Tabarrok — holds since 2026-02-12 — tap for who they are Same subject: Dynamic pricing means prices decrease as well as increase. — tap to centre the map on it Dynamic pricing means pricesdecrease as well as increase. Last stated 2 months ago 13 Sept 2026 PG Paul Graham — holds since 2026-09-13 — tap for who they are Same subject: Feast-or-famine corner outcomes, not modest proportional belt-tightening, are the generic result of price controls. — tap to centre the map on it Feast-or-famine corner outcomes, notmodest proportional belt-tightening,are the generic result of pricecontrols. Last stated 9 months ago 12 Feb 2026 AT Alex Tabarrok — holds since 2026-02-12 — tap for who they are
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At the centre Low-wage workers sacrifice their own lives so that everyone else's are cheaper and easier Last stated c. 2001 Holds Barbara Ehrenreich Read this korrent →