Explain It to Me

Are corporations winning at inflation?


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Jerusalem Demsas and Dylan Matthews talk with Joey Politano (@JosephPolitano), economics blogger and self-described "mid-tier take-haver," to go over one big question on people’s minds right now: are corporations profiting off of inflation? 


References:

Joey’s blog post about rising corporate prices and inflation


Sen. Elizabeth Warren on rising corporate profit margins


Paul Krugman’s newsletter from this week


Binyamin Appelbaum on the meatpacking industry


The White House’s statement on meat companies taking advantage of market power 


The letter from President Joe Biden to FTC chair Lina Khan


Could strategic price controls help fight inflation?” in the Guardian


Rethinking Inflation Policy: A toolkit for economic recovery by JW Mason and Lauren Melodia



Hosts:

Jerusalem Demsas (@jerusalemdemsas), policy reporter, Vox

Dylan Matthews (@dylanmatt), senior correspondent, Vox



Credits:

Sofi LaLonde, producer and engineer

Libby Nelson, editorial adviser

Amber Hall, deputy editorial director of talk podcasts


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