"Affordability" is the hot new policy frame in American politics. Zohran Mamdani won the New York City mayoralty vowing to slash the cost of living with rent freezes, "free" buses, and city-run ...

Half the time at the grocery store, you’re paying extra for packaged foods just to avoid washing a spoon. But with inflation, shrinkflation, and every other kind of ‘flation’, it’s worth thinking ...