I mean inflation is literally a product of people who own businesses deciding to raise prices while depressing wages. So, it does largely come down to price gouging in a very real sense.
That's... Not what inflation is.
You have been watching half-arsed videos on YouTube by people who never really learned a single thing about economy, haven't you?
Inflation is the devaluation of money which happens because the pool of money constantly grows (super oversimplified here), which it has to because otherwise, we'd face a deflation because the money pool would constantly shrink due to savings and such. Deflations can wreak havoc with economies and cause great misery all around. The "great depression" was a deflation. Look up how that turned out. That's what the constant inflation rates of around 3% are meant to prevent.
There is no cabal of businessmen deciding to raise prices and seoress wages and then selling that as "inflation".
Well then, mr. economy understander, maybe you can explain to us who raises the prices. Saying that money devaluates because more currency is being issued shows an utterly infantile understanding of how the economy works on your part. Money doesn’t just magically lose value just because more currency is issued, as anybody who has a clue regarding how monetary systems work would understand.
Also, not sure why anybody would think a cabal of businessmen deciding to raise prices would be necessary. A rational person would understand that businessmen can have a shared class interest while acting completely independently. Businesses raise prices because they want to increase their profits, there’s no grand conspiracy needed. The fact that you can’t even understand such basic things suggests that you’re in no position to deride actual economists just because they happen to use the medium of youtube to explain things.
It is a conscious decision by those who print money. I don’t think you even googled it or know what it is. You too can be an economy understander with very little effort if you were so inclined.
Imagine not understanding that large financial capitalists are in fact the ones who own the money printers. You too can be an economy understander with very little effort if you spent a bit of time actually understand about the subject you’re opining on.
You’re wrong about almost everything you believe and you should educate yourself rather than protect your ego. Feeling right is candy, learning is sustenance.
Why would you be offended? Why not just consider it possible and learn things? Why default to ego protection when you can default to growing as a person?
Because I’ve seen what you have to say, and it’s pretty clear there’s not much to be learned here. Perhaps you should take your own advice and try to learn things instead of running around smugly arguing with people who know more than you on the subject.
You’re correct that inflation is the devaluation of money. The value of a unit of money is represented by what that unit can buy, so the person you replied to is also correct. This is why the most used indicators of inflation are measures of buying power.
If my money is devalued, it means that when I was able to buy 1 gallon of milk, I can now only buy 3/4ths a gallon with the same amount.
So while you’re correct in your over simplified example that inflation can be caused by the growth in “pool of money”, as you alluded, it is not that simple and its not the only cause. Moreover, inflation still manifests itself in the form of prices increasing. If pool of money grows, but prices remain the same, there’s no inflation.
This does not necessitate a “canal of businessmen” conspiring.
Thats what im saying. Inflation is not what happens when people price gouge, but it provides a convenient way to hide a little gouging here and there when prices have to be adjusted for inflation anyway
Listen I’m a proud liberal L and I’m glad that the liberal supreme court protected L marriage. I’m also about as far left as you can get but these days the Z’s are being ridiculous. They don’t understand how good they have it, and how they should be grateful and patient for their day to come. Making trouble in the party just puts L’s like me at risk again and we don’t want that. Oh and don’t get me started on those fucking T’s
Proud owner of a 1993 Toyota Corolla, can confirm. It has little paint or primer left. That’s stealth. There are holes in the roof sealed with silicone, making it perfect for…activities. No rust. You cannot make this pristine Christine stop running.
This doesn’t make sense. I keep getting told communism don’t like the gays so communism is bad and capitalism is good because you get to have cars and 1000 types of Hershey candy bars.
Yet, in the old days the only path to success was through shoving straight into a hole. Now a days (while having a Tetris 99 orgy) you have your T spins and your combos and your double T spins. It’s a T agenda conspiracy!
This was the first post of the day when I opened lemmy. And it was the first to make me super satisfied with a big grin. Absolute joy. Love it! I’m not even gonna scroll cause I love this moment too much to ruin it. I’m gonna fuck off to watch some saved videos instead. Hat tip.
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