In Episode #39 of Logic Dictate Hot Topics, host Steve Gibson breaks down one of today’s most urgent questions: Why does affordability feel out of reach—and which economic policies actually fix it? Steve compares the Trump and Biden approaches to affordability, energy development, inflation, interest rates, tariffs, and long-term economic stability.

Discover why patience only works when paired with the right policies, and how lessons from the Reagan-Volcker era still apply today.

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Welcome back to another episode of Logic Dictate Hot Topics, the podcast where we use rational analysis to make sense of today’s political, social, and economic turbulence. I’m your host, Steve Gibson, and today we’re diving deep into a topic that affects every American household: affordability.

Are rising prices unavoidable? Are current policies making things better—or worse? And what does it truly take to bring inflation, energy costs, and interest rates back under control?

In this episode, we return to economic basics and look at the stark policy differences shaping affordability today.

From energy production to federal deficits, from tariffs to interest rates, we analyze how different administrations shape the real costs of living.

Affordability isn’t just an economic buzzword—it’s the difference between building a future and barely staying afloat. But here’s the real question:

👉 Are today’s policies helping stabilize prices, or are they silently making life more expensive?

In this episode, Steve Gibson breaks down:

• Why “patience on affordability” means very different things under Trump vs. Biden
• How energy development—or restricting it—directly drives food, fuel, and consumer prices
• Why reducing interest rates depends on reducing deficits
• How tariffs may create short-term pain but long-term price correction
• What the Reagan-Volcker era teaches us about today’s inflation fight

If you want clarity, not chaos, on the future of affordability in America—this is the episode you can’t afford to miss.

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