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Tim Gurner, an Australian real estate titan and multimillionaire, made international news by being recklessly honest about his desire for unemployment to spike and regular workers to suffer. His theory was debunked by an economist in 1943. 

A UAW official told The Intercept that the union’s account, which they paid for, was verified until Friday morning, when suddenly it wasn’t. 

Today is the 60th anniversary of the March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom. It’s striking how much the “jobs” part of the March on Washington has dropped out of memory — because that was absolutely core to the message the marchers wanted the rest of the country to hear, writes Jon Schwarz. 

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