And 5% is standard for the asshole Goldman Sachs analyst who wrote this.

  • Quimby [any, any]
    hexagon
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    3 years ago

    eh. I appreciate the article. And it's interesting. But it's also meant to be an anti-regulation argument, which I absolutely will not make. Primarily because I think that's the wrong takeaway from the data.

    • invalidusernamelol [he/him]
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      3 years ago

      All that data tells me is that the CPI is a flawed tool for measuring inflation because it ignores the difference between luxury commodity and necessary commodity.

    • cybernetsoc [he/him]
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      3 years ago

      Sorry, I was specifically addressing the chart, not the article.