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Biden: The ‘Capitalist’ Who Isn’t

By Jon Hersey

Jun 04, 2021
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Editor’s note: This article was originally published at Foundation for Economic Education.

On May 27, during a speech in Ohio, President Joe Biden told listeners, “I’m a capitalist,” but “the basic bargain in this country has been broken.” “Since 1979,” he said, “productivity has grown four times faster than pay has grown.” It used to be that

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