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Re:The Ultimate Guide to Inflation by coldtea on Sunday May 09, 2021 @10:32PM (#27102101)
>Normally, an increase in money supply would cause consumer goods to increase in price, since more people are able to buy them

Not if the increase in money supply goes from the banks to the already wealthy (as cheap loans), which don't use the extra money to consume, but to invest, buy land, and fund small-competition-crushing rent-seeking endeavours.

Then the money supply increases, consumer goods remain more or less the same price, but some stuff like rent goes up.

Re:The Ultimate Guide to Inflation by throwawayboise on Monday May 10, 2021 @12:16AM (#27102627)
We saw what happened in 2008 when the loans went to unsophisticated, underqualified borrowers.
Re:The Ultimate Guide to Inflation by coldtea on Monday May 10, 2021 @02:29AM (#27103292)
2008 (or rather, the lead-in to 2008) was a different case.

In that case the lenders were the ones who were the problem, and the borrowers were indeed using the money as disposable income (well, at least, to buy a home and other consumer goods on credit).

Whereas today the money goes from the printers to the rich people - not the common folk.

Re:The Ultimate Guide to Inflation by midasuni on Monday May 10, 2021 @02:06AM (#27103174)
> unsophisticated, underqualified

Like Lehman Brothers

Re:The Ultimate Guide to Inflation by cerved on Monday May 10, 2021 @01:44AM (#27103084)
problem were the lenders not borrowers