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‘It Has To Change’: Small Business Owners Sound Off On Crushing Inflation
Brooklyn, N.Y. (Ed Jones/AFP via Getty Images)
They survived the pandemic lockdowns. But the owners of gas stations, hardware stores and restaurants aren’t sure they'll survive this.
By Nancy Rommelmann
07.20.22
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Like pretty much everyone except the White House press secretary, I’m aware that inflation is a huge problem affecting countless Americans.

But I wanted to know what it felt like to be a small-business owner who is feeling the squeeze. On one side, with distributors charging them more for the same stuff. And on the other side, with customers angry about …

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Nancy Rommelmann
Journalist at Reason, NYT, WSJ, Free Press. Co-host with Sarah Hepola of Smoke 'Em If You Got 'Em podcast (smokeempodcast.substack.com). Author of "To the Bridge, a True Story of Motherhood and Murder." Based in NYC. On Twitter @nancyromm
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