The White-Collar Recession

The White-Collar Recession
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Jeffrey A. Tucker
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We finally seem to be hitting on a phrase to describe, at least in part, a feature of the current economic environment. The phrase is “white-collar recession.” It points to a reality these pages have covered in detail over the past year. The professional/managerial sectors of the U.S. economy were inflated beyond anything sustainable.

Jeffrey A. Tucker
Jeffrey A. Tucker
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Jeffrey A. Tucker is the founder and president of the Brownstone Institute and the author of many thousands of articles in the scholarly and popular press, as well as 10 books in five languages, most recently “Liberty or Lockdown.” He is also the editor of “The Best of Ludwig von Mises.” He writes a daily column on economics for The Epoch Times and speaks widely on the topics of economics, technology, social philosophy, and culture. He can be reached at [email protected]
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