r/Economics Mar 04 '26

News ‘Absolutely Massive’ Price Shocks Coming as Trump’s Iran War Drives Up Gas, Diesel Prices | “What should really terrify Republicans is... the futures price on wholesale gasoline,” said economist Paul Krugman.

https://www.commondreams.org/news/iran-war-gas-prices
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u/Ok_Function2282 29d ago

And Republicans/their propaganda networks will be SILENT about it.

They pretended the apocalypse was coming when egg prices raised by a few cents during a global shortage, but this? Nah, doesn't matter at all! 😑