> but there is more shoe consumption than ever before in history. Is it because the population is constantly growing or is it because per-person shoe-units is

> but there is more shoe consumption than ever before in history. Is it because the population is constantly growing or is it because per-person shoe-units is increasing due to that person increased wealth or is it because per-person shoe-units is increasing due to 5x lower price of generic shoe-units? How does that exactly transfer to the production of software and market absorbing the software hyper-inflation?