A tight-money policy reinforces inequality in two ways. Its high inter…

Linda McQuaig
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A tight-money policy reinforces inequality in two ways. Its high interest rates disproportionately reward the rich, and the resulting unemployment disproportionately punishes the poor. ✨ Linda McQuaig (1996). Shooting the hippo: death by deficit and other Canadian myths
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