Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent argues that the American dream is about more than cheap televisions, but inflation-weary ...

Many would, of course, still be concerned about all the people who worked in industries now made obsolete by the miracle machine, and they might worry about the environmental implications of suddenly ...

What's still accessible is the cheap stuff. The cost of consumer goods such ... given that Shein's clothes and business model are pointedly not good for the planet. A separate March 2024 analysis ...

Ollie’s is a chain of stores that sells groceries, clothing, housewares, and more – or, as the company’s slogan puts it, “Good Stuff Cheap.” When the Sanford store opens in a few weeks ...

The most obvious place to start is the immense benefits we all get from access to “cheap stuff” and from policies that help expand that access. As I note in The Atlantic piece, every one of us ...

Thus luxury is self-defeating: any particular luxury good, unless inherently limited ... but even lower quality “cheap” stuff has value when the alternative is having nothing at all.