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Re:The Portuguese can no longer afford to live in Portugal by WalterBright on Friday September 02, 2022 @04:08PM (#32695195)
If gouging worked, why wouldn't corporations have been doing it all along?

Besides, if inflation is 10%, profits would have to rise 10% just to stay even.

Re:The Portuguese can no longer afford to live in Portugal by DrNosferatu on Saturday September 03, 2022 @03:10AM (#32699500)
Already answered that: corporations are surfing the public perception/impact of supply chain constraints and gas/fuel shortage - and taking advantage of that to raise prices and their respective profit margin. Nope: structural inflation implies clear degradation of profits due to increased operating costs - yet, profits recently increased to record highs.