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> Then, there is a switch to the most traditional of businesses with the most traditional business models. Who, the author argues, are engaging in price gauging. In the second paragraph he claims that apps cause this inflation

He is saying that the traditional businesses use an app that allows for a legal way of price gauging.

> The last paragraph portraits a stunning lack of economic knowledge, as companies raising prices in line with inflation obviously would not lower prices after the source of the inflation is gone.

The author claims, that these companies raise prices more than inflation based cost increases in production would allow for.

parent adminu 1 year ago

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