Who’s Afraid of a Government Shutdown?

Not only do almost 1 million federal government employees have the indignity of being labeled “non-essential,” but it seems that their status as pawns in Washington’s [latest power game](https://ift.tt/W3lbqdj) won’t have very much impact on the economy or the stock market. As shutdowns go, the one almost certain to start this weekend is likely to matter more than most in terms of the number of people affected. For example, while the last shutdown—which ran from December 2018 through January 2019—was the longest ever at 34 days, Oxford Economics points out that since some appropriations bills had passed, it didn’t affect everyone deemed non-essential.