My informal weekly coffee with Heather Lofthouse (Executive Director of Inequality Media Civic Action and my former student), discussing the past week: The Fed’s decision to raise interest rates yet again — wrong medicine? Recession — should we be worried? Joe Manchin’s change of heart — will it stick? Merrick Garland’s inevitable decision of whether to prosecute Trump — by when?
Plus a special request from Heather — if you're willing to take a stab at composing a very short theme song for this klatch please send it to Heather and me at: robertreich@substack.com.
Please pull up a chair.
Inflation: argggghhhhhhh!
I could not believe my ears when I saw a reporter in Wyoming interviewing a handful of residents there, and reportedly found that all the persons spoken to - agreed with the sentiment that Liz Cheney was undeserving of another term as the representative of their state! What is the matter with their perception of the interests of the country? Hello! Wake up folks. Trump is a dictator in waiting...
I will be plotting a communist revolution from the comfort of my Lazy Boy. Hard work being a revolutionary these days. Pass the iced tea, please.