Back during the last presidential campaign, Donald Trump made political hay with the notion that higher than normal inflation was all down to the Democrats’ fiscal spending programmes. Never mind that prices went up for myriad reasons — like post-Covid pent-up demand, supply chain disruptions, the war in Ukraine and possibly even corporate concentration — Trump won the election in part because he was able to convince enough Americans that inflation was Joe Biden’s fault.
回到上一次总统竞选期间,唐纳德•特朗普(Donald Trump)借“高于常态的通胀全都源于民主党的财政支出计划”这一说法大做文章。且不论价格上涨有诸多原因——比如新冠后被压抑的需求释放、供应链中断、乌克兰战争,甚至可能还有企业集中度提高——特朗普之所以能部分赢得大选,正是因为他成功让足够多的美国人相信通胀是乔•拜登(Joe Biden)的错。