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Wages have risen faster than prices since March
It was sheer luck that I noticed this.
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Are we beginning a new era of labor power?
If we’re lucky.
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Wages are dampening inflation, not supercharging it
But status quo elites blame workers. They demand more “discipline” with higher interest rates and higher rates of unemployment.
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Hostility toward migrants weakens our reaction to economic shocks
It’s exacerbated a pandemic situation in which inflation and hiring crises in key industries create chaos and uncertainty.
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Saying that spending hurts the economy doesn’t make it true
It’s false. But, you know, that’s the GOP for you.
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Biden wants to fight inflation by soaking the rich, but centrists and the GOP are in the way
Catering to bloated oligarchs who want to hoover up wealth and power.
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For Biden, a brighter future, perhaps
There’s a reasonable chance that Biden’s approval rating has bottomed out and can start crawling toward something better.
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The press corps' teleological storytelling is a problem
It's a kind of lying.
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The Republicans could help the president with inflation, but that would require helping him
Now the Fed is poised to trigger a recession.
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Most pundits believe history repeats itself. It doesn’t
When it comes to the midterms, keep your own counsel.
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Inflation – or price gouging disguised as inflation?
Prices are peaking, because market concentration has peaked.
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The pandemic, not public spending, is driving inflation
Supply chain issues are global. So are rising prices.