Since the struggle for American independence, times of national crisis have called for shared sacrifice.

In World War II, for example, a number of top business executives became “dollar-a-year men” who donated their know-how to the war effort for a token sum. To those on the front lines, that sort of sacrifice sent a powerful message: “We are in this together.”

Read the full article at MarketWatch.

Sarah Anderson directs the Global Economy Project at the Institute for Policy Studies and co-edits Inequality.org. Follow her on Twitter @SarahDAnderson1.

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