We just spent $100 for lunch at Chili's. Would Chili's ever lower the price of their hamburger to pre-inflation prices?
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They will have to when competitors have lower prices. And new business start popping up giving better value.
It's basic economics: The ratio of supply vs demand determines prices
Market competition tends to always increase supply, therefore reducing prices
Money itself has a supply and demand curve so the other side of the equation is the monetary supply and money velocity. MV=PQ. This is how Milei is halting inflation in Argentina by restricting money velocity. He is doing that by limiting ATM withdrawals to $45 a day.
Economics 101. Supply and Demand.
I bought Thomas Sowell’s book, waiting for it to arrive.
Good choice. Competition is the backbone to a great economy under capitalism.