I'll spell it out more clearly for you, since you didn't seem to understand the implicit point: I sure hope a fellow like him understands supply and demand. I assume he does. But I think that understanding takes second…
This is how a 12 year old internet atheist sees the world. Advanced alien species is just a stand-in for the know-it-all author. Grow up. These things all have good historical reasons. And you don't turn society upside…
So much wrong with this line of thinking. 1) They're also facing increased costs. 2) Most companies are by no means "flush with cash". 3) Cash is fleeting but the need for capital is always hanging over your head. Even…
Robert Reich is a politico with a political agenda, and that article is in a US politics opinion section. Inflation is a major US electoral issue, and the Biden admin has tried to shift blame to greedy companies (not…
The alternative to shrinkflation is just raising the price (or raising it more). Yes, it's toying with sticky demand psychology, such that a plain price increase would produce a less favorable equilibrium for the…
You're forgetting that there's a market at the other end too. Every business has a cost of capital, and if its returns are not in line with other similarly placed businesses, they will have to spend a lot more money to…
>That seems like a pretty whacky theory to me because it assumes that companies only increase prices when forced to do so, and not just because they can. I see people post things like this, and I'm forced to conclude…
I'll spell it out more clearly for you, since you didn't seem to understand the implicit point: I sure hope a fellow like him understands supply and demand. I assume he does. But I think that understanding takes second…
This is how a 12 year old internet atheist sees the world. Advanced alien species is just a stand-in for the know-it-all author. Grow up. These things all have good historical reasons. And you don't turn society upside…
So much wrong with this line of thinking. 1) They're also facing increased costs. 2) Most companies are by no means "flush with cash". 3) Cash is fleeting but the need for capital is always hanging over your head. Even…
Robert Reich is a politico with a political agenda, and that article is in a US politics opinion section. Inflation is a major US electoral issue, and the Biden admin has tried to shift blame to greedy companies (not…
The alternative to shrinkflation is just raising the price (or raising it more). Yes, it's toying with sticky demand psychology, such that a plain price increase would produce a less favorable equilibrium for the…
You're forgetting that there's a market at the other end too. Every business has a cost of capital, and if its returns are not in line with other similarly placed businesses, they will have to spend a lot more money to…
>That seems like a pretty whacky theory to me because it assumes that companies only increase prices when forced to do so, and not just because they can. I see people post things like this, and I'm forced to conclude…