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Economists want more unemployment. But do they care how the jobless will be treated?

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Economists want more unemployment. But do they care how the jobless will be treated?

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According to some economists, we need more unemployment in Australia to get inflation under control. But, Gareth Hutchens asks, do they know how jobseekers are treated?

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They in general don’t. Most economists are neoliberal ghouls.
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  Of course. Economists jobs are largely justifying why the poor deserve to die.

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