Economics
UK Confronts 1970s-Style Problems With Strikes and Inflation
- Recession risk and a cost-of-living crisis hitting confidence
- Union leader supports first nationwide strike since 1926
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The UK this week will face up to surging inflation and labor strikes as well as a rising risk of recession in a series of setbacks that have echoes of the 1970s.