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Posted inEconomy
Note to Reporters: Americans Are Better Off Even After Inflation
Why the conventional wisdom about the economy is wrong.
Posted inEconomy, Featured, Political Animal, Politics
It’s a Biden Boom—and No One Has Noticed Yet
If the current high levels of economic, job, and income growth continue, the 2022 midterms could look different than most are predicting.
Posted inFeatured, Political Animal, Politics
The Build Back Better Act Will Reduce Inflation
How the Democrats’ social spending plan will cut costs where they have risen most for American families.
Posted inFeatured, Political Animal, Politics
Can Biden Whip Inflation Now?
Taming soaring prices confounds any president, but it’s especially hard for Democratic ones.
Posted inFeatured, Political Animal, Politics
Should Biden’s Polls Make Democrats Panic?
He’s doing well by historic standards, but that’s not good enough to win the midterms.
Posted inFeatured, Political Animal, Politics
What Inflation Could Do to the Biden Agenda
Rising prices may prove to be temporary but even that is a problem for everything—from infrastructure to the family tax credit.
Posted inMagazine
The Great Stagflation Machine
In its treatment of economists is this nation’s true compassion revealed. Five centuries ago physicians were put to death when pestilence persisted. Today we coddle our economists, call them forth in swollen ranks to confront our economic plagues. Only strangers to the laws of supply and demand can be surprised to learn that the experts […]
