It is probably not possible for people to carry on buying luxuries, gadgets etc at the same levels as before without others being forced to do without the basic

It is probably not possible for people to carry on buying luxuries, gadgets etc at the same levels as before without others being forced to do without the basic necessaties. Remember, this all started out with an energy crisis: there was not really enough to supply all the factories in China running flat out as people caught up with their consumption along with everything else, and then Russia throttled back their exports and made things worse. That shortage of energy directly caused prices to increase until demand could actually be satisified, which directly made things like food more expensive. You couldn't just fix this by forcing the companies to charge less, even though the money is ending up as profits, because energy and fuel just isn't available in sufficient quantities without Russia. There's also a shortage of workers in most developed countries too, which means that any labour used to provide luxuries directly impacts the amount available to produce the basic necessaties like housing and healthcare as well.