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In computer processing terms: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amdahl%27s_law

If you need to by X, Y, and Z and Z get's cheaper it can only save you so much money. Price increases on the other hand are unbound.




Price increases are bounded by substitution of goods and "what the traffic will bear."

The things - real estate, education, health care - that are inflating most rapidly are doing that because they are subsidized. When you subsidize a thing, it costs more and you get more of it

Ag subsidies are different because that's a sort of Nash equilibrium - the cost of inventory underruns exceeds the mild price increase from overproducing agricultural products.




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