John Robson: Forget Conspiracies, Resurgent Inflation Just Means Those in Power Are Clueless

What accelerating inflation reveals isn’t “A vast conspiracy against mankind … organized on two continents,” to quote the 1892 American Populist Party platform. It’s authorities too hapless to devise reassuring talking points that span two weeks. Shutterstock

Commentary

Bad news, folks. They’re not out to get you. They don’t care. And if they did it wouldn’t matter, because they’re no smarter than they seem. Take inflation… please.