Now, beforeyou roll your eyes and mutter to yourself, I know what inflation is because I am paying higher prices for eggs, credit card fees, rent, car payments, or mortgages, Netflix, pretty much everything.

We hear you.

But why is that the case?

I mean, isn’t a core component to capitalism theidea that markets will always find cheaper, better ways to produce better goods and provide better services in order to stay competitive?

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