Port Labor Talks Hinge on Deal on Automation
Cargo could stop flowing at East and Gulf Coast ports, which handle most imports, if a union and an employers’ group can’t agree on the use of machines that can operate without humans.
Prices (Fares, Fees and Rates)
Kamala Harris Blames ‘Price Gouging’ for Grocery Inflation. Here’s What Economists Say.
Price increases when demand exceeds supply are textbook economics. The question is whether, and how much, the pandemic yielded an excess take.
Harris Will Back Federal Ban on Price Gouging, Campaign Says
The vice president is leaning into an effort to partly blame big companies for inflation, as progressives have pushed her to embrace that argument.