Democrats need to address economic fears now – or risk losing their majorities | Robert Reich

Until Democrats tell it like it is, their electoral majorities will continue to be fragile

A milder version of Liz Truss's economically induced vanishing act may be occurring on this side of the Atlantic.

Despite the Federal Reserve's most aggressive campaign in generations to slow the economy and bring price increases under control, prices continue to climb.

Robert Reich, a former US secretary of labor, is professor of public policy at the University of California, Berkeley, and the author of Saving Capitalism: For the Many, Not the Few and The Common Good. His new book, The System: Who Rigged It, How We Fix It, is out now. He is a Guardian US columnist. His newsletter is at robertreich.substack.com