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I agree there have been weird relative price increases. See for example this graphic: https://cdn.howmuch.net/articles/price-changes-in-usa-in-past-20-years-229

I agree there have been weird relative price increases. See for example this graphic: https://cdn.howmuch.net/articles/price-changes-in-usa-in-past-20-years-2294.jpg https://cdn.howmuch.net/articles/price-changes-in-usa-in-pas.... But this is not inflation. It's a completely different issue, with different causes and possible solutions.

tablespoon 5y ago
> I agree there have been weird relative price increases. See for example this graphic: https://cdn.howmuch.net/articles/price-changes-in-usa-in-past-20-years-2294.jpg https://cdn.howmuch.net/articles/price-changes-in-usa-in-pas... > But this is not inflation. It's a completely different issue, with different causes and possible solutions. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Baumol%27s_cost_disease https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Baumol%27s_cost_disease