Republicans and the Tyranny of Low Prices

Eric Medlin
3 min readDec 7, 2023

Don’t make the election into a referendum on which party provides cheaper goods.

A gas station in Fayetteville, North Carolina. Source: The Fayetteville Observer

Tackling inflation has become one of the top goals of the Biden administration as it gears up for election season. It has attempted to use executive orders and statutory authority to curb price gouging and supply shortages. Supporters have highlighted the many ways in which the president’s policies have slowed…

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Eric Medlin

I’m a writer interested in the intersections of history, ideas, and politics. I publish every week. www.twitter.com/medlinwrites