▲ 857 ▼ ‘Stop the price-gouging’: Biden hits corporations over high consumer costs (www.cnbc.com) submitted 2 years ago by return2ozma@lemmy.world to c/news@lemmy.world 225 comments fedilink hide all child comments
[–] candybrie@lemmy.world 11 points 2 years ago (2 children) If you're accelerating slower, you've decreased your acceleration. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] killeronthecorner@lemmy.world 0 points 2 years ago Yeah, this permalink fedilink source parent [–] ryathal@sh.itjust.works 0 points 2 years ago (2 children) But you are still moving. The dollar is worth less. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] killeronthecorner@lemmy.world 7 points 2 years ago* Then the original comment should have been pedantic about the fact that they're clearly talking about the rate of inflation even though they referred to it simply as "inflation". The rest of us got that. permalink fedilink source parent [–] candybrie@lemmy.world 1 point 2 years ago* Which would mean it didn't decrease if inflation was a measure of value. But it's not. It's a measure of speed of change in value. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] ryathal@sh.itjust.works 0 points 2 years ago (2 children) But you are still moving. The dollar is worth less. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] killeronthecorner@lemmy.world 7 points 2 years ago* Then the original comment should have been pedantic about the fact that they're clearly talking about the rate of inflation even though they referred to it simply as "inflation". The rest of us got that. permalink fedilink source parent [–] candybrie@lemmy.world 1 point 2 years ago* Which would mean it didn't decrease if inflation was a measure of value. But it's not. It's a measure of speed of change in value. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] killeronthecorner@lemmy.world 7 points 2 years ago* Then the original comment should have been pedantic about the fact that they're clearly talking about the rate of inflation even though they referred to it simply as "inflation". The rest of us got that. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] candybrie@lemmy.world 1 point 2 years ago* Which would mean it didn't decrease if inflation was a measure of value. But it's not. It's a measure of speed of change in value. permalink fedilink source parent