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Re:Former President Trump is projected to win the presidency by dgfitz on Wednesday November 06, 2024 @10:43AM (#42064007)
> Inflation: "inflation has come down over the last two years, a lot of it has been from the healing of the supply side of the economy.

I think this is one of the disconnects: inflation has been decreasing. What I think people hear, which is wrong: the prices of things are coming down.

They're not coming down, they're increasing _slower_ than before, and before was bad. Prices for lots of things are much more expensive than before covid.

The reason that "inflation is better now" didn't stick is because half the country was telling the emperor they were clothed, and half the country saw a naked person.

Re:Former President Trump is projected to win the presidency by camdenreslink on Wednesday November 06, 2024 @12:30PM (#42065813)
A little bit of calculus could go a long way for understanding rates of change.
Re:Former President Trump is projected to win the presidency by dgfitz on Wednesday November 06, 2024 @02:23PM (#42067819)
They teach calculus in high school, and most liberal arts majors don’t take calculus.

What is your point?