https://twitter.com/paulkrugman/status/1712494317024026761
This is like saying "my health is great ex my heart".
[edit] Also, child poverty increased more in 2022 than any time in recorded US history. So "little cost" for Krugman, but not for the population.
The point is that his graph intentionally excludes most of the prices.
"CPI ex food, energy, shelter and used cars"
love too subsist on scrap aluminum and asphalt
bad news comrade
let me tell you about unemployment figures excluding people who gave up on life
Everything except the essentials!