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Yeah, except we're talking about returning to pre-Covid levels. Not whatever you just made up. That would imply prices return to the previous levels. That will

• PaulDavisThe1st 4y ago
  No, it doesn't mean that at all. Real prices are a function of the ratio between the cost and earnings. If earnings rise faster than cost, real prices fall. Now, whether or not that's a likely scenario is a separate question, but it is absolutely not impossible and has happened before.
  • sidewndr46 4y ago
    Have you ever been into a store and had them list the price of an item as 0.00389% of your annual income?
    • PaulDavisThe1st 4y ago
      Of course not. That doesn't make what I said false. Have you ever had anyone say "cars cost so much more now, they were only $800 in 1942" and be taken seriously? (or whatever similar example you want to use)
• pigsty 4y ago
  Inflation has been going on basically constantly for centuries. Nobody is really expecting to buy a coke for a quarter or anything again, but people are expecting the prices to not grow 10% every couple months so that they’ll be able to switch to a job where things will feel affordable again (since jobs offering fair wage increases are basically a thing of the past). Nobody would complain about $10 bags of chips if they made 4000x that a month.