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> money also represents 100% of the capital and therefore affects the poor completely.

Per definition the poor don't have much savings. Their wealth is mostly in durable consumer goods: Car, television, furniture, etc. The market prices of these goods rise with inflation.



Consumer goods are not wealth, if they have any it's savings in cash. The cost of eating rises with inflation.




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