Inflation has hit its highest levels in decades, causing fears of widespread economic recession.

Analysts predict that price pressures will continue for some time, eroding business profits

and stifling consumer buying power, which countries are fairing better than others

and what effect will geographic imbalances have.

Insights for leaders

Financial Times

Read more at ft.com slash tomorrow.

Hey everyone, John Hauman here and welcome to Hell on High Water.

My podcast for the recount about politics and culture on the edge of Armageddon

with Big Up to my Palo Riza, the presiding genius behind the sound of Uten clan

and the producer of our dope theme music.

We are now exactly one week out from Election Day,

but after spending the past several episodes of the Hell on High Water Home Stretch hustle

devoted to deep dives into the state of play ahead of these crucial historic and historic midterm elections,

we thought you could use a breather, a moment of light amid the darkness, a shot of levity

to cut through the unrelenting atmosphere of gloom and doom and fear and trembling

that now pervades the national mood, at least among those who hope and pray

that American democracy will emerge intact on the other side of November 8th.

And who better to provide those chuckles and chortles, giggles and gaffaws,

titters and Teehee-hee's than the pride of Kalamazoo Michigan,

high school math and tennis and mock trial prodigy,

and the only Frederick W. Hyle and Elise L. Hyle,

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