The price of your burrito isn’t going down. Here’s why.

Make Me Smart

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4.6 • 5.4K Ratings

🗓️ 7 September 2022

⏱️ 16 minutes

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Summary

Let’s face it, it’s getting more expensive to eat out these days. One of our listeners noticed the price of his burrito went up by $2 and wonders if it’ll go back down now that inflation is a slowing a bit. Probably not. We’ll explain. Plus, we take your questions about student loan debt relief, electric vehicles and the military, and one of our listeners makes us smart about cherries!

Here’s everything we talked about today:

“Inflation is finally slowing down. Will things get cheaper?” from Vox
“Why Biden’s $10,000 student loan relief will impact women the most” from MSNBC
“US military is a bigger polluter than as many as 140 countries — shrinking this war machine is a must” from The Conversation
“The U.S. Army has released its first-ever climate strategy. Here’s what that means.” from The Washington Post
“Category on the Rise: Non-Alcoholic Wine, Beer, and Spirits” from Drizly

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0:00.0	Oh, right.
0:02.0	All right.
0:03.0	Drew, if you're ready, we're ready.
0:05.0	Oh, I'll take that for a yes.
0:07.0	He was ready.
0:08.0	It's a new joke.
0:11.0	Welcome back to Make Me Smart, where we make today make sense.
0:14.0	I'm Kimberly Adams.
0:15.0	I'm Kyle Rizal.
0:16.0	Thank you for being with us for what do you want to know Wednesday,
0:19.0	the day in the week where we answer all y'all's questions.
0:22.0	If you've got a question about the economy, business, or technology,
0:26.0	you can email us at Make Me Smart at Marketplace.org.
0:30.0	You can leave us a voice mail at 508UB Smart,
0:34.0	or many other ways we look at Twitter.
0:36.0	We look at Discord.
0:38.0	I mean, if you see us on the street, maybe.
0:41.0	No, actually, if that's the one.
0:42.0	Anywho.
0:43.0	Your first question from the day comes from Scott in Ventura, California.
0:49.0	Hey, Make Me Smart team.
0:51.0	Quick question on this inflation peak that people are discussing.
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