145 - What’s Under The Hat?

What’s the deal with inflation? It’s all fake, but in, like, a weird way. Two master posters face off over the latest sexual harassment allegations. The greatest country in the world is letting little babies die rather than interfere with monopoly capitalism. And another country, Spain, is poised to ensure paid menstrual leave for workers. Pretty neat!

 

Biden says hello: https://twitter.com/kannoyoungs/status/1528208720869478401?s=21&t=W-2lrr2r8d2PeNC40XLFBg 

 

Economy sucks: https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/on-small-business/cracks-in-us-economy-start-to-show-as-recession-warnings-mount/2022/05/20/de2f580a-d81e-11ec-be17-286164974c54_story.html 

 

The Fed may trigger a recession: https://www.bloomberg.com/news/newsletters/2022-05-17/forget-the-put-the-fed-will-risk-recession-to-tame-inflation 

 

Scary graphs: https://fred.stlouisfed.org/series/LABSHPUSA156NRUG 

 

Tim Barker interview: https://jacobinmag.com/2021/09/socialist-primer-monetary-policy-inflation-federal-reserve-volcker-shock-class-tim-barker-interview 

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