4 ms·
I still don't get it. Let's say the real price is 1 peso per mile for both services. You want to travel 100 miles. On the bus, you pay 100 pesos up front. In th
by jamesaguilar 13y ago
I still don't get it. Let's say the real price is 1 peso per mile for both services. You want to travel 100 miles. On the bus, you pay 100 pesos up front. In the taxi, the meter is set to one peso per mile. Then you pay 100 pesos at the end. Unless you are going to convert from some other good into pesos and then pay, the cost is still the same.
- raverbashing 13y agoFirst of all it's a joke But 100 pesos at time T (bus) is worth more than 100 pesos at time T + interval (taxi)
- jorgeortiz85 13y agoInflation means that the value of 100 pesos in the future is less than the value of 100 pesos now. In countries under hyperinflation, supermarkets will raise their prices several times a day. "During the Brazilian inflation of the earl 1990s, for instance, supermarket workers reportedly spent half of their time replacing old price stickers with new ones." -- Essentials of Economics
- jamesaguilar 13y agoI don't see how it matters if your asset position is identical in either trial.
- dbpatterson 13y agoIt only makes sense if you were going to (hypothetically) do something with the pesos. Let's say you bought 100 pesos worth of bananas when you hopped in the cab. Then, when you got out, before you paid, you sold the bananas. Because of inflation, you got more pesos for the bananas (say, 150 pesos), and still only had to pay 100. So at the end of the trip you have 50 pesos you wouldn't have had if you had to pay at the beginning (and couldn't buy your bananas).