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The article recommends several policy demands for U.S. Democratic legislators to introduce during negotiations to end the October 2013 federal government showdown and increase the U.S. debt limit. Suggestions include a public option for U.S. health insurance, or universal Medicare, increase in the federal minimum wage tied to the rate of inflation, and universal free public higher education.

The article discusses the author's views about a "liberal nihilism" concept and its impacts on wages and an economic crisis in the U.S., and it mentions various aspects of wage stagnation in America. Job skills and globalization are mentioned, along with the U.S. Federal Reserve (Fed) and a Great Recession in America. U.S. unemployment and the organization of productive enterprises are mentioned, as well as economic regulations and "free market" economies. The U.S. minimum wage is examined.