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    The Great Betrayal: How 1980s Economic Policies Decimated America's Working Class

    November 28, 2024 • 1 min read

    The 1980s marked a pivotal shift in North American economic policy, deliberately dismantling working-class prosperity through aggressive deregulation and anti-labor measures. From record-high interest rates to union-busting, these calculated decisions transferred an estimated $50 trillion in wealth from workers to the affluent over four decades.

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