Argongas@kbin.social to Showerthoughts@lemmy.world · edit-26 months agoThe Price is Right television show is a low-key way to normalize inflation.message-squaremessage-square26fedilinkarrow-up1115arrow-down114file-text
arrow-up1101arrow-down1message-squareThe Price is Right television show is a low-key way to normalize inflation.Argongas@kbin.social to Showerthoughts@lemmy.world · edit-26 months agomessage-square26fedilinkfile-text
Prices presented in the show are presented without question. At no point does anyone question their absurdity.
minus-squareturmacar@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up5arrow-down1·6 months agoAlso you generally want the most financially prudent decision a business can make not to be “sit on the money until it’s worth more”. Inflation encourages spending money, deflation encourages saving money.
minus-squarefoggy@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·edit-26 months agoIt’s even worse when the citizens do this. That’s what I meant by “black Friday starts to look like the current housing market.” I can see how that wasn’t a totally clear point though
Also you generally want the most financially prudent decision a business can make not to be “sit on the money until it’s worth more”.
Inflation encourages spending money, deflation encourages saving money.
It’s even worse when the citizens do this.
That’s what I meant by “black Friday starts to look like the current housing market.”
I can see how that wasn’t a totally clear point though