Krugman: Why mass deportations will drive up your grocery bill

Krugman: Why mass deportations will drive up your grocery bill

a week ago
Anonymous $Uu1e96lHBL

https://www.siliconvalley.com/2024/11/13/krugman-mass-deportations-grocery-bill/

For the past few years, over and over, voters have told pollsters and pundits that they’re hopping mad about inflation. Well, we just elected a president who, if he follows through on two of his central campaign promises — across-the-board tariffs and mass deportation of immigrants lacking permanent legal status — will probably cause soaring inflation.

I’ve written about the likely inflationary impact of Donald Trump’s policies. All of that still stands. But there’s an issue that I haven’t stressed as much as I probably should have: the specific effects of his proposed deportations on grocery and housing prices, both of which have been political flashpoints.