To TPTB have been running the economy like a game. Sometime a game of chance. Or aka a casino economy.
Unfortunately, or fortunately, all games have an end. The problem is, how do you change the transmission while driving? They have to adjust the ground rules. I think the “game” is trying evolve to make the game more fair, or practical or better.
Re the new $15/hr. hoopla? That would be a new rule change in the game. A reversal of the past, for everyone’s best interests. At this time.