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Inflation Jargon Explained
Defining the terms you keep pretending to understand.
The Disinformation Scam
We shouldn’t embrace the war on disinformation just because the Right hates it.
“Whip Inflation Now”
As economic crisis grew in the 1970s, the government launched a sprawling campaign to enlist everyday Americans in a fight against inflation. But the last four decades have soured the public on such calls for self-sacrifice — and for good reason.
The Reindustrial Revolution
California representative and Bernie 2020 campaign chair Ro Khanna on building a new economy and winning back workers.
The Great Replacement Theory Isn’t Going Anywhere
After the mass shooting in Buffalo, don’t expect conservative leaders to stop promoting the “great replacement theory” that inspired the gunman.
The Faces of Inflation
Inflation isn’t just an economic abstraction. It’s a slow, deadly squeeze on working people.
The Hidden Costs of Being An American Worker
When it comes to buying stuff online, American workers have it made. But when it comes to “mass services” — transportation, housing, education, health insurance, and childcare — American workers are getting fleeced.
The Left Is Still Losing the Working Class
It’s good that college-educated workers are unionizing. But it doesn’t tell us much about the working class as a whole.
Food Fights
From the earliest days of American history through the first decades of the 20th century, Americans rose up repeatedly to beat back rising food costs. They did so out of the belief that all members of the community had the right to a just price for bread.
When Italy’s Escalator Ground to a Halt
Postwar Italy’s “escalator” system kept wages ahead of price hikes. In the 1980s, a socialist government brought it grinding to a halt — sending workers’ incomes on a decades-long downward trend.
Europe’s Breadbasket
As war rages in Ukraine, farmers have abandoned their work mid-season to take up arms against Russia. Those who stayed behind are in a race to harvest their crops before stray rockets torch their fields.