Anything but a LIVING WAGE!!!

Is there a war on workers? Why won't employers pay a living wage?

The solution to a "worker shortage" is simple supply and demand economics: pay more. But companies don't seem to want to do that, so this week on 51/49, James dives into the labor shortage and shares his observations about the seemingly coordinated effort between mainstream media and corporate executives to gaslight and blame the working class to cover for their own greed.

0:00 The Myth of Labor Shortages
1:40 Companies Try Everything Except Paying a Living Wage
5:21 Manufacturing Consent for Poverty Wages
7:22 Gaslighting People into Exploitation

51/49 with James Li - Commentary on business, politics, and the other things (from an independent perspective)

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