Our countrys policies and discourse sometimes feel retrograde, taking us back to when justice was more rationed; particularly for low-income people and people of color.
Wood sought to head off inflationary wage claims by subsidising essential rationed goods, while imposing heavy taxes on goods classed as non-essential.
Most people grumbled, but for the poorest, rationing was beneficial, because their rationed diet was of greater nutritional value than their pre-war diet.
