The affordability ‘crisis’ is about inequality and insecurity

The affordability ‘crisis’ is about inequality and insecurity

The BDN Opinion section operates independently and does not set news policies or contribute to reporting or editing articles elsewhere in the newspaper or on bangordailynews.com Garret Martin is the president and CEO at the Maine Center for Economic Policy. People are struggling to get by. Their ability to afford groceries, rent, and heating oil feels tenuous. Short-term economic data tells a confusing story. For many, wages have recently grown …