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Do It Big, Do It Now

by Lawrence Mishel December 19, 2001

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Lawrence Mishel is the former president of the Economic Policy Institute and editor of “Not So Free to Contract: The Law, Philosophy, and Economics of Unequal Workplace Power.” More by Lawrence Mishel

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