Ross Douthat: Inflation is closing the doors that Trump and Sanders opened

And just like that, the era of free-lunch policymaking came to an end.

(AP Photo/John Locher) In this Feb. 19, 2020, photo, Democratic presidential candidates, Sen. Elizabeth Warren, D-Mass., left, and Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vt., talk during a Democratic presidential primary debate in Las Vegas, hosted by NBC News and MSNBC.

Ross Douthat: Inflation is closing the doors that Trump and Sanders opened

And just like that, the era of free-lunch policymaking came to an end.

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