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tax dumping

The economic crisis revived the controversy over 'tax dumping,' as critics call it

—p.29 The Irish Disaster (29) by Seth Ackerman
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the rise in inequality since the 1990s archive/dissertation

So how could inequality rise so sharply since the 1990s, despite the stability of the wage-profit split? First, because the wage structure has shifted markedly in favor of very high wages. While the vast majority have seen most of their wage increases absorbed by inflation, very high salaries—espec…

—p.27 Profits, Wages, and Inequality (25) by Thomas Piketty
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liquidationism

After the calamitous Hoover presidency, mired for three years in a 'liquidationist' strategy aimed at letting 'bad' banks fail one after the other

—p.22 Obama and FDR: A Misleading Analogy (22) by Thomas Piketty
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