Today, in “Democrats Promised to Fix the Economy. What Can They Really Do?” (WSJ), Grossman, Whalen and Bade argue that Democrats can do very little to lower the cost of living.
Feasible Cost of Living Reduction
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It would be hard to reduce the relevant price level and financing costs, but one could drop the price below the current policy trajectory (based upon this post). Ignoring political feasibility, it’s still useful to know what economic theory and empirics would say works.
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