Re:America’s banks are missing hundreds of billions of dollars
by SgtBastard on Wednesday March 22, 2023 @06:03PM
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>The entire process of industrialization was hugely deflationary
Prices definitely lowered, but the difference being that while there was also supplier upheaval as artisan/bespoke producers were replaced by mass production - the industrialists were enormously and sustainably profitable and could in turn employ those displaced from the failed producers.
Aggregate demand arguably increased with the move of labour from rural agriculture to urban manufacturing.
A deflationary cycle annihilates demand by definition and fixed costs then eat producers alive - leading to wealth destruction, unemployment, debt writeoffs and credit tightening. Which in turn leads to more demand annihilation.
Prices definitely lowered, but the difference being that while there was also supplier upheaval as artisan/bespoke producers were replaced by mass production - the industrialists were enormously and sustainably profitable and could in turn employ those displaced from the failed producers.
Aggregate demand arguably increased with the move of labour from rural agriculture to urban manufacturing.
A deflationary cycle annihilates demand by definition and fixed costs then eat producers alive - leading to wealth destruction, unemployment, debt writeoffs and credit tightening. Which in turn leads to more demand annihilation.