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Re:Have we been thinking about inflation all wrong? by oonerspism on Friday February 11, 2022 @03:15AM (#30298579)
The numbers were symbolic to illustrate proportional effect.

I'm not seeing a great deal of causation in your theory. The same amount of food is being produced, thus the same amount of work is done - so extra employees are not required. If anything, in your closed system theory, the food producer is going to laugh and pocket extra profits.

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Re:Have we been thinking about inflation all wrong? by TameAntelope on Friday February 11, 2022 @12:10PM (#30303924)
The same amount of food is not produced, more food is produced because it's the only way the food company can keep up with inflation.
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Re:Have we been thinking about inflation all wrong? by oonerspism on Friday February 11, 2022 @04:47PM (#30307402)
Who is buying and eating the extra food? Did human stomach volume increase proportional to inflation?

https://www.nzherald.co.nz/business/the-conversation-inflati...

Show me which countries have wage growth for lower socioeconomic demographics currently matching or outpacing CPI? It is not happening.

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