• spider@beehaw.org
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    10 months ago

    When the media first mentioned inflation, everyone appeared to hike prices in lockstep, most likely because they thought this gave them cover.

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      10 months ago

      Also from CEOs just copying behavior.

      You saw it with the recent tech layoffs - “well if Google thinks they need to lay off people, maybe we should lay people off - they must know something we don’t”

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        10 months ago

        “well if Google thinks they need to lay off people, maybe we should lay people off - they must know something we don’t”

        They’re racing each other to the bottom.