Multinationals in particular hiked prices far above rise in costs to deliver an outsize impact on cost of living crisis, report concludes

    • jasory@programming.dev
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      1 year ago

      Correct, this is literally how market economics works. The real question is why they weren’t able to do it before, since they had the incentive already (and always do).

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        1 year ago

        People had a lot more cash on hand after the pandemic, and then wages rose.