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Beyoncé, inflation and the case for climate optimism

The Europeans | European news, politics and culture

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The Cost of Living Crisis in Europe

Sweden hit a 30 year high of inflation in December when inflation rates reached 12.3%. Some have criticized the Swedish Central Bank for being one of the last central banks in the West to raise interest rates. And it may be fun to point the finger at Bionse here for inflation, but I should make it very clear that the main drivers of this extraordinary and persistent inflation have nothing to do with Bionse. If you would like to help us make sure that this podcast can stay in your ears each week, we will be incredibly grateful if you could chip into our fund via patreon.com so that we can pay ourselves and our producers to keep making Europeans.

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