From The Last Cruze, by LaToya Ruby Frazier. Laura and I went to see her show at MOMA this past summer. If I’d been able to find the coffee-table book version, it would be on this list.Books I read in 2024:| J. W. Mason
Line goes down, and up. Last week, I wrote out a post arguing that the inflation problem is largely over, and the Fed had little to do with it. Yesterday, the new CPI numbers were released and they showed a sharp rise in inflation — a 4 percent rate over the past three months, compared with 2 percent when I wrote the piece.| J. W. Mason