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Re:Why inflation is not a threat by chii on Sunday March 14, 2021 @10:09AM (#26455572)
The alternative possible explanation, which is never mentioned, is the advent of electronic automation, and out-sourcing of labour.
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Re:Why inflation is not a threat by BurningFrog on Sunday March 14, 2021 @11:32AM (#26456196)
Labor has been constantly automated away since the start of the Industrial Revolution, ~250 years ago.

It is how we all got immeasurably richer since then, while constantly fearing that all jobs will be automated away soon.

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