About this podcast

Join Tracy Alloway and Joe Weisenthal on Odd Lots as they delve into the evolving understanding of inflation, moving beyond traditional economic interpretations. This episode features a crucial conversation with Isabella Weber, a UMass-Amherst economics professor, who coined the phenomenon "sellers' inflation." Discover how companies leverage market disruptions and bottlenecks to raise prices, explore the implications of this corporate-led inflation for monetary and economic policy, and gain insights into the shifting public and academic attitudes towards this critical economic issue.