Where's the Beef?

Where’s the Beef?

Tags: U.S. Economy

09/16/2023 Mark Thornton

Americans are mad about the economy, and particularly about the Fed’s inflation of prices and declining inflation-adjusted wages and incomes. Keynesian economist Paul Krugman, on the other hand, thinks that you are ignorant and that everything in the economy is great. Mark looks at Beef prices and consumption to provide some insight into why Americans are rightfully mad at the Federal Reserve, Democrats, and Republicans. Mark concludes that Americans have a legitimate beef!

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