Always has been

Thats what im saying. Inflation is not what happens when people price gouge, but it provides a convenient way to hide a little gouging here and there when prices have to be adjusted for inflation anyway

That's... Not what inflation is. You have been watching half-arsed videos on YouTube by people who never really learned a single thing about economy, haven't you?

Inflation is the devaluation of money which happens because the pool of money constantly grows (super oversimplified here), which it has to because otherwise, we'd face a deflation because the money pool would constantly shrink due to savings and such. Deflations can wreak havoc with economies and cause great misery all around. The "great depression" was a deflation. Look up how that turned out. That's what the constant inflation rates of around 3% are meant to prevent.

There is no cabal of businessmen deciding to raise prices and seoress wages and then selling that as "inflation".

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He starts by saying that's the first thing to consider and then instead of going on to other points just starts using his spooky scary voice to say it over again. I find that presentation style hard to trust