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- From: cmk@athena.mit.edu (Charles M Kozierok)
- Subject: Re: Inflation
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- Date: Thu, 21 Jan 1993 21:13:00 GMT
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- In article <2259@blue.cis.pitt.edu> wbdst+@pitt.edu (William B Dwinnell) writes:
- >
- >Yes, some inflation is natural, and some is caused my economic policies
- >of the government. But why do you limit your explanation of inflation
- >to the eexxx effects of money, and supply and demand? The reason for
- >inflation happens before we even get to the market: the seller has
- >forsaken some amount of value of the item in question, by waiting-
- >that is, by sliding through time. When the xxxx they finally get to
- >the market, supply and demand schedules have already moved, and the
- >seller has lost. In truth, inflation of prices could occur in an economy
- >of hammers and banaanaxxxx bannanas. Remember supply and demand only
- >reflect underlying economic conditions, and the reason for inflation
- >is one of those conditions, not part of S/D.
-
- i really don't understand what you are trying to say here.
- inflation simply means an increase in prices. if the price of hammers
- in terms of bananas increases, then there is "price inflation"
- of hammers in terms of bananas. but that would only happen due to
- market effects. and when the number of bananas needed to buy a hammer
- increased, people would start making more hammers and growing fewer
- bananas. eventually an equilibrium, or at least a stable cycle
- would be reached. you wouldn't see the inflation continue endlessly.
-
- please explain the point you are trying to make here.
-
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- charles
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