Are corporations winning at inflation?

Jerusalem Demsas and Dylan Matthews talk with Joey Politano (@JosephPolitano), economics blogger and self-described "mid-tier take-haver," to go over one big question on people’s minds right now: are corporations profiting off of inflation? 

References:

Joey’s blog post about rising corporate prices and inflation

Sen. Elizabeth Warren on rising corporate profit margins

Paul Krugman’s newsletter from this week

Binyamin Appelbaum on the meatpacking industry

The White House’s statement on meat companies taking advantage of market power 

The letter from President Joe Biden to FTC chair Lina Khan

“Could strategic price controls help fight inflation?” in the Guardian

Rethinking Inflation Policy: A toolkit for economic recovery by JW Mason and Lauren Melodia

Hosts:

Jerusalem Demsas (@jerusalemdemsas), policy reporter, Vox

Dylan Matthews (@dylanmatt), senior correspondent, Vox

Credits:

Sofi LaLonde, producer and engineer

Libby Nelson, editorial adviser

Amber Hall, deputy editorial director of talk podcasts

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