https://www.cnn.com/2023/06/09/economy/us-inflation-high-prices-consumer-demand/index.html
That means a business can essentially set prices as high as it wants, as long as they aren’t so high that they drive away the customer base. In other words, it’s Econ 101: Good, old-fashioned supply and demand.
:AmISoOutOfTouchmeme: Could it be greed? No, it's the customers fault.
If you would just stop buying basic necessities like food and shelter the prices wouldn't be so high! Silly consumers you just don't understand basic economics!
We'll just have to vote with our wallets :die:
Maybe if you stopped breathing so much, the price of air would come down!
A radio caster did suggest in the radio that people ought to share rooms in a flat to save on rent (which is illegal here and they talked against a while back) and ease the burden on rent. When they grew up they shared a room with their sibling, too! And also orientalism: "In other countries six people are sleeping on one mattress"