power. and worker power has been largely missing from the u.s. economy for literally 40 years, if not more. since the reagan era and the last great bout of inflation in the seventies when it induce punishing recession, we have seen a vast transformation of the american global economy. recreated in reagan's shadow and you economy that offers this bargain, consumer goods are cheap, everything from burritos to flat screens tvs, to all the stuff you can buy an amazon, or a target because it isn't made by other people in other countries. it brought all of these goods cheaper than they were ever. for years people defending this model, said look how cheap the tvs are. how can you say people are poor when they have smartphones. but, there's another part to this bargain, the key part of this bargain is the cheap goods go together with low wages. you're getting those goods from folks making little money but as our workers are competing