Those who do not understand history are doomed to repeat it (speaking primarily of economists and Luddites here)

I suppose all ideological battles are on temporary pause until we can read this, huh?

A wire in his brain zigged or a wire in his back zigged?

When voters say inflation they don't mean the inflation rate, they mean the price level. That's what they actually perceive when they shop. And also, no, there are many economic measures that are worse now than in 2021, usually related to the end of covid relief programs.

Maybe delivering a massive decrease in child poverty and then... delivering a massive spike in child poverty back to our miserable baseline isn't actually very good delivering?