#5SmartReads - September 29, 2021

On inflation, boosting your happiness, and Karen Olivo.

Maybe we can ignore inflation expectations (Axios)

Higher inflation has been the rallying cry for critics of the massive reconciliation package to deliver soft infrastructure solutions (which, in my opinion, we desperately need).

But just because we expect inflation to rise, doesn’t mean it actually will.

This piece does a much better job of explaining inflation and what’s at stake better than I can, so give it a read.