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[โ€“] [email protected] 29 points 1 year ago (1 children)

This is the opinion of most macro economists today, but it's not universally accepted. Macro-economics is not nearly as scientific as micro-economics, and some people will say that its models are just about who can tell the most convincing story (or the story that's the most convenient for those in power)

There are some people who point out that things like electronics have been undergoing rapid deflation for decades and this has not caused people to stop purchasing them. The economy is a chaotic system and anyone who claims to be able to predict it's outcomes is selling something

[โ€“] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Electronics also have become vastly better for decades as the tech developed. The PCs I bought over those decades are magnitudes apart in performance, but washing machines? Sure they've become more efficient but in the grand scheme of things that's peanuts, amortises over a decade maybe, at best. Stove? Sure induction is nice but it's not like others don't boil water basically as quickly. Why should I buy a new one now when I will get an identical product next month at lower price. And then the next... that is, as long as my machine doesn't break down, during deflation, I just won't buy.