The 1959 Problem

We are mad about costs, but maybe we are mad about the wrong ones.

Good, if depressing, read here from Annie Lowrey in The Atlantic.

Let me bullet out a few things from that article for you:

• The numbers on price tags in the grocery store climbed a whopping 13.5 percent from the summer of 2021 to the summer of 2022.

• Gas prices went up as much as 44 percent year over year.

• Landlords began asking for $300, $500, even $2,000 m…