Sapphire Velvet@lemmynsfw.com to Economy@lemmy.worldEnglish · 11 months agoInflation has cooled a lot. So why do things still feel so expensive?text.npr.orgexternal-linkmessage-square9fedilinkarrow-up120arrow-down13
arrow-up117arrow-down1external-linkInflation has cooled a lot. So why do things still feel so expensive?text.npr.orgSapphire Velvet@lemmynsfw.com to Economy@lemmy.worldEnglish · 11 months agomessage-square9fedilink
minus-squareintensely_humanlinkfedilinkarrow-up3·11 months ago Greed is checked by competition Competition got severely reduced during the pandemic The inflation is a result of the newly-unchecked greed, not merely a result of greed (which hasn’t changed)