Outside the Beltway

The S&P and Nikkei are at all-time highs. Economists warn that it won’t last.

The food is too damn high!

Ezra Klein makes a compelling case.

Yes, every special election is a very special snowflake, but trends do emerge

What I’m reading but don’t have time to write about at length.

An interesting consumer benchmark.

We’re entitled to our own facts.

The US is doing better than peer economies.

And the intuition that things aren’t really working.

The inevitable response to attacks on international shipping.

A misleading survey result.

A chart to ponder.

Economic Chart Edition.

He’s at 61 percent disapproval in the lastest Monmouth poll.

Prices are way up, even though the CPI is back under control.

Most no longer believe it’s possible to get ahead through hard work.

Continued disjunctures between perceptions and the indicators.

The President has tepid support in the 18-29 demographic.

…and the perceptions thereof.

We shouldn’t be surprised that Americans have noticed their grocery bill.

A likely lost seat for Democrats in 2024.

Abortion, an unrepresentative electorate, and candidate idiosyncracy ruled the off-off-year election.

Survey research is not without flaws. But we dismiss it at our peril.

Looking ahead to November 5, 2024

Contrary to some public opinion, the economy is in decent shape.

The Arizona gubernatorial loser is back to lose the Senate.

One of the worst movies in memory may be getting a sequel.

Some people say there’s a reporter to blame.

A joke(?) gone a-rye.

Germany’s economy is among the worst in the OECD.

The mainstream media isn’t and shouldn’t become a counterpart to the right-wing infotainment complex.

The trend shows no sign of abating.

The MAGA wing is driving us over a cliff.

The President’s support for labor and aggressive action on climate change are in tension.

His message isn’t getting through. Is it the messenger?

The Economist joins the “Biden is too old” bandwagon.

Xi’s government is taking a drastically different approach to the slowdown.

The average new vehicle is now $48,000. And huge.

West Virginia University may be the canary in the coal mine.

The oldest state institutions of higher education are spending money to make money.

They average more than any other occupation and considerably more than their European counterparts.

The projections were way off—in a good way.

The Eurozone is falling further behind the United States.

Fun in the sunshine state.

Our long national nightmare is over.

A milestone that should never have been approached.

The evidence is pretty thin.

The President is trying to change perceptions ahead of the election.

It’s just as possible to live on one income as it was in 1970. But not really.

Our car culture is killing us.