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If voters dislike big numbers, there is a purely nominal fix
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A handpicked article read aloud from the latest issue of The Economist

Voters in rich countries are angry about prices. Politicians could make things worse

Tight regulation is largely to blame

That doesn’t diminish its political power

It will not work, and is wrong in principle

An age-old problem might have a surprisingly simple solution