Should We Have Price Regulation for Cars?

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There's not going to be a one size fits all solution. Interest rates are not going to solve that problem. The only way interest rates help there is by making people too poor to afford their own houses. And also, part of the conversation always relies on what kind of public spending is allowed to be discussed.

In this Live Interview from 7/8/22, we break down US media's inflation discourse that places the blame for rising food and gas prices squarely on the shoulders of greedy Burger King cashiers living high on the government hog. With J.W. Mason, Associate Professor of Economics at John Jay College, City University of New York and a fellow at the Roosevelt Institute.