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Rising margins, higher inflation, lower wages. No wonder you feel worse off.
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Rising margins, higher inflation, lower wages. No wonder you feel worse off.

Companies are increasing margins and lowering wages. Phil asks Steve how long can that possibly go on for? No wonder people feel worse off.
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There’s been a debate brewing post-pandemic about how much inflation has been elevated by companies increasing their margins. The evidence of that is the increased margins, not just in the tech sector, which has helped increase the share prices of these companies, evidenced by record levels across the US share market indices. This week Steve Keen says i…

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