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		Duwensatzaj on April 23, 2024 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: FTC announces rule banning noncompetes FDR froze wages during WWII while excluding insurance benefits. That plus tax subsidies for third-party insurance and we ended up in the current mess.

breck on April 24, 2024 [–]

I never knew that. Thanks.

A good example of disastrous 2nd order effects.

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