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They discovered that they could get even more profit than they believed possible before; specifically that customers could bear even higher prices, at least in
by falcolas 3y ago
They discovered that they could get even more profit than they believed possible before; specifically that customers could bear even higher prices, at least in the short term.
This was discovered by pandemic price increases caused by increased costs. The new plateaus have just never dropped, even as their costs have dropped.
- lukas099 3y ago> This was discovered by pandemic price increases caused by increased costs. So to be clear, you agree with the article that companies increased prices in response to inflation, and therefore couldn't have been the preliminary cause of it.
- falcolas 3y agoNo, they raised prices because they found an opportunity for more profit that they had missed before. No other forces than greed were required.
- lukas099 3y agoYou said that pandemic price increases were caused by increased costs.
- falcolas 3y agoThat only exposed their mistaken assumptions. Education doesn’t cause anything; a person’s (or collective of people’s) choices caused the excessive profit seeking. I say excessive because it’s not sustainable. The median wages can’t support these profit margins indefinitely.