gfdsgfsdgfs

Communism and socialism don't lead to cronyism and corruption?

Singapore is highly capitalist.

"if you recall it was supposed to cause widespread hyperinflation overnight when it was unwound"

According to which economists? Did you ignore the economists who vouched for them and said they wouldn't lead to hyperinflation? Regardless, inflation did happen because of QE I and II but it wasn't hyperinflation as many economists predicted beforehand.

What percentage of areas are only served by Walmart or Kroger? Please give your citation. Name some of these "many areas".

Okay, so Kroger and Albertsons have not merged. Why are you blaming current inflation on a merger that doesn't exist?

Those industries you named are far from consolidated. The largest veterinarian (VCA) owns 20% market share. The largest air ambulance one owns 30% (Air Methods). The largest general ambulance service (Envision) owns just 10%.

Did you read your own article? Kroger and Albertsons have not merged so "inflation" would not apply to this non existent merger. Even if they did merge their market would still be around 10-12% which is far from a monopoly.

In my experience the vast majority of people do not understand how monetary policy affects inflation. People very quickly adopt a “if you see prices rising, it's corporate greed" attitude when facing resistance or throw their hands up and say “We need price controls and limits on corporate profits."

Several commenters like yourself have commented on consolidation without giving a clear example. Which consolidations have happened that caused the inflation?

Which mergers are you talking about that caused inflation more than comparable goods in other countries?

Which supermarkets that you go to are consolidated? Walmart has a 20% market share in the US and Costco has 7%.

There were more fuel restrictions for smaller cars after the CAFE amendment of the late aughts. Automakers were incentivized to build bigger cars to get around the restrictions.

Not true. CAFE was amended in the late 2000s to provide more fuel restrictions for smaller cars while keeping the same fuel restrictions for bigger cars. The result is bigger cars being made.

This is not true. VC general partners do invest their own money.

A competitor would just recreate it without union requirements.