Why price controls are the best response to soaring gas prices
Conventional economics won’t solve today’s persistently high inflation because its roots are new: proliferating supply shocks caused by intensifying ecological decay.
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James Meadway
James Meadway is an economist and director of the Progressive Economy Forum.
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