Labor is the fabled magician's wand, the philosophers stone, and the cap of good fortune.
The Rubicons which women must cross, the sex barriers which they must breach, are ultimately those that exist in their own minds.
If you or me go to the gas station to fill up our car and it costs us much more than we expected, it will zap our discretionary income. We won't have the extra money to buy that washing machine or new winter coat-all big ticket items that are important to economic growth.