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A Choice of Slaveries

A Choice of Slaveries

Thoughts about the most minimal acceptable wages.

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Michael David Cobb Bowen
Sep 08, 2023
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Note: I’ve been thinking a lot about labor on this Labor Day. Does anyone even do that any longer?

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