Jessica Karl, Columnist

The US Economy Is Woozy From Its Sugar Binge

And the Fed’s medicine could be harsh.

We ate too much, again.

Photographer: Portland Press Herald/Portland Press Herald
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Every Halloween, there’s that one kid who gets violently ill after trick-or-treating. In my neighborhood, her name was Katie. Year after year, she would over-indulge and get sick. And every time she would be rewarded with a day off from school. No wonder she kept doing it.