NUKING EGG PRICES 

By David Perlstein | March 21, 2025

Mea culpa! I didn’t understand Donald Trump when, during the presidential campaign, he said that “starting on Day 1,” he would drive down inflation, including egg prices.  I didn’t comprehend during his inaugural address when he proclaimed that “the golden age of America begins right now.”  Now, I get it.  The President of the United…

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15¢ A SLICE 

By David Perlstein | November 15, 2024

Inflation, a prime issue for Donald Trump voters, took me down memory lane. A (small) 14-inch pizza (eight slices) from my neighborhood go-to, Village Pizzeria, runs $21-$31. When I was a kid in 1950s New York, a slice of cheese pizza cost 15¢  Hamburgers in my Queens neighborhood also cost 15¢. Then Hamburger Train—a model…

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