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Sensationalist Economics Reporting in Morning Brew

Writing for Morning Brew, Matty Merritt covered "luxury butter." According to the author: "With grocery item costs up everywhere, even $10 butter feels like a reasonable little treat." I live in an expensive area of Brooklyn, New York City (even by the general standards of Brooklyn) and I would have to put effort into spending $10 on butter. Let it be said that $10 butter does not strike me as a "reasonable little treat." Similarly, he writes about $15 pints of ice cream (I just bout a 46 oz […]

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