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Martijn Konings is Professor of Political Economy and Social Theory at the University of Sydney. His most recent books are Capital and Time and The Asset Economy, the latter coauthored with Lisa Adkins and Melinda Cooper.
The Federal Reserve's bid to "get wages down" reflects the enduring hold of neoliberal thought at the highest levels of economic policymaking.
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