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To: VanShuyten

Exactly—nobody wants to agree on a contract once inflationary expectations kick in—they could get stuck with substantial cuts in their real wages.

What unions will want is _very_ short term contracts to be re-negotiated based on future inflation—or contracts that include cost of living adjustments instead of fixed dollar amounts.

It is Jimmy Carter all over again...


19 posted on 10/15/2021 8:40:16 PM PDT by cgbg (A kleptocracy--if they can keep it. Think of it as the Cantillon Effect in action.)
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To: cgbg

Does that mean discos coming back?


21 posted on 10/15/2021 11:27:33 PM PDT by jmacusa (America.Founded by geniuses. Now governed by idiots. )
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