What I wrote just before Trump took officeIf stagflation breaks out under an authoritarian regime, but officials aren't allowed to report the numbers, did it make a sound. Over the past six months we've watched institution after institution corrupted by the Trump administration. Institutions that might produce inconvenient information, from those tracking climate change to those tracking infectious disease, have been special targets.
Institutions that might produce inconvenient information, from those tracking climate change to those tracking infectious disease, have been special targets. And now they've come for the economic data. As I and many others have pointed out, this mornings jobs report was very bad: It didn't signal a recession — not yet — but it showed a rapidly slowing economy.
As I and many others have pointed out, this mornings jobs report was very bad: It didn't signal a recession — not yet — but it showed a rapidly slowing economy.