Recently, much has been said and written about the disconnect between how Americans view the economy and what the numbers say. Economists and elected officials point to the nation’s historically high job creation, new business startups, and rapid recovery from COVID-19, but public opinion on the economy remains largely negative and inflation dominates attention.
Joshua Gotbaum explains why we shouldn’t focus on just inflation and shares a positive economic trend that deserves a spotlight—U.S. wages are increasing.
The impact on French politics. Final projections from the European Parliament elections indicate that there might be more continuity than expected in the legislative body’s new parliamentary formation. However, the results incited a political earthquake in France, explains Tara Varma.
Germany’s paradoxical vote.Constanze Stelzenmüller discusses how the election shows divisions in Germany—both politically and geographically—and argues that extremists on the left and right are the election’s real winners.
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