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minus-squareKairos@lemmy.todaylinkfedilinkarrow-up0·8 months agoOnly temporairally. Prices would fall back down again as competition theoretically kicks in.
minus-squareHorseRabbit@lemmy.sdf.orglinkfedilinkarrow-up0·8 months agoYou don’t really believe that, do you?
minus-squareKairos@lemmy.todaylinkfedilinkarrow-up0·8 months agoI do. It’s basic market forces. I say therothetically because the US doesn’t enforce antitrust laws.
minus-squareIndiBrony@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·8 months agoThe wealth will trickle down eventually 👍
minus-squarePhil_in_here@lemmy.calinkfedilinkarrow-up0·8 months agoSurely the dragon will be satisfied when we let him eat the next village!
minus-squarecandybrie@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up0·8 months agoPrices usually don’t fall. Falling prices are generally seen as really bad. Prices instead stop going up so fast.
minus-squareTeckFire@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·8 months agoTo some degree. We’ve seen prices rise in the pandemic and drop back down substantially over time back to pre-pandemic numbers. Look at price trends for construction supplies, for instance. Not sure if that is what you’re referring to, however
Only temporairally. Prices would fall back down again as competition theoretically kicks in.
You don’t really believe that, do you?
I do. It’s basic market forces.
I say therothetically because the US doesn’t enforce antitrust laws.
Hahaha
The wealth will trickle down eventually 👍
Surely the dragon will be satisfied when we let him eat the next village!
Prices usually don’t fall. Falling prices are generally seen as really bad. Prices instead stop going up so fast.
To some degree. We’ve seen prices rise in the pandemic and drop back down substantially over time back to pre-pandemic numbers. Look at price trends for construction supplies, for instance. Not sure if that is what you’re referring to, however
Relative to inflation.