If the next presidency is to show true seriousness on reducing inequality as it has developed in recent generations in this country, a formal reform of the monetary system in the direction of permanent dollar stability will be required.
The Biagi law, named after Marco Biagi, a labour-market adviser who was assassinated for his pains, exempted many new jobs from rules that required most work to be full-time and permanent.
This, too, can have its magnifying power altered over time, but it works by implanting a permanent lens housing into the eye, and exchanging the lens as required.