Multinationals in particular hiked prices far above rise in costs to deliver an outsize impact on cost of living crisis, report concludes

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    11 months ago

    You’re discussing how things could or should be.

    I am discussing the mechanics of inflation

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      11 months ago

      No… Well not in a detailed way and ignores greed. So which would your definition go under demand-pull inflation, cost-push inflation, or built-in inflation.

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        11 months ago

        Greed is an aspect of any inflation because inflation is explicitly tied to demand.

        It’s silly to try to moralize economic concepts.

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        11 months ago

        “Ignores greed”

        Greed is always a factor though, this isn’t a new variable to account for. All three categories you provided have a profit motive as the core factor, it’s simply in different layers.

        A real example of inflation that isn’t tied to an individuals desire to maximise their benefits from a transaction would be something like extracting an ore than becomes harder as the rich deposits are used up.