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On the recordJune 21, 2023
For the largest multinational corporations, inflation has been a perfect excuse to increase profits by raising prices far beyond the costs of their inputs.
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Elizabeth Warren
Democratic · Massachusetts

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Warren criticizes corporations for exploiting inflation to raise prices excessively.

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