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Fortune
Christiaan Hetzner

Layoffs are the medicine America needs to take to break out of inflation’s vicious circle, says former Walmart U.S. CEO

(Credit: Courtesy of Walmart)

The United States economy has but one solution to escape the tightening grip of a wage-price spiral: more layoffs. 

Unemployment must rise, potentially by another two to three percentage points, for there to be hope the cycle can be broken, according to a former Walmart executive, or the alternative is out-of-control inflation that will hurt every single American.

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