The Economics of Togetherness: Why Americans Still Choose Beer

By Andrew Heritage, Chief Economist You can learn a lot about consumers by watching what they buy during tough times. Right now, prices are up, wages feel tight and confidence in the economy is down, but, despite that uncertainty, people are still choosing to gather over beer. Economics often gets framed as a discipline of restraint—cutting back, trading down, doing less. But real-world economics is often about…

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