I am far from your typical, mainstream economist. Rather than focus on the broad aggregates that the state publishes in an effort to convince us that things are “just fine,” I choose to observe economic conditions at the most micro of levels. While my colleagues pour over numbers with initials like GDP, CPI, and PPI I prefer instead to review localized indicators through the observation of human behavior. One way I do that is to walk grocery aisles and watch how people react to prices. The result can often be odd, maybe “off-putting," or just plain weird. But it also presents me with a...
The Economic Morality of Rotisserie Chicken
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