Bob Herbert: 'Treatment of workers by American corporations has been more treacherous than most of the population realizes'

by Gaius Publius on 8/01/2010 07:56:00 PM

I've been writing about this for a while (for example, here and here and here), as have a great many others.

Profits are up on the backs of workers, who desperately need their share of whatever wealth the country is producing. Because, frankly, if workers can't buy — if demand doesn't increase — there's no way out. Deflation, here we come.