• mkwt@lemmy.world
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    3 days ago

    prices go up, period–that’s true

    According to Piketty, anyway, general inflation did not actually start until the industrial revolution. The price level was otherwise stable throughout history up to that point. It’s not just an incontrovertible fact of life, although it seems that way now.