With inflation projected to climb to 4.5 percent next year, and continuing at levels in excess of pre-pandemic trends, it is time to assess the varying impacts on income groups. …

Let’s begin 2022 on a positive, even outrageously optimistic, note.  Yes, there’s inflation, pandemic disrepair, geo-political instability, low wages, precarious work, social deficits and increasing demands on under-funded public services. …