The Importance of Decaying Prices

"There's definitely a twisted incentive to defraud your customers when the money is being debased," he says. "It's really just a big net negative for the human race and my estimation" The last thing producers want to do in an inflationary environment is increase their prices, which would send consumers elsewhere. Instead they opt to use inferior ingredients or cheaper inputs that make product worse but keep profit margin the same.

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