Not sure if it was a bad thing or not. If you look at the things of which the prices have increased, they are all essential things. The things of which the prices have decreased are mostly luxury (and bad for the environment). And cars, but with good enough public transport you really shouldn't need a car.
We don't pay the real price for those things bc companies externalized any cost as much as possible. And we took a huge environmental debt borrowing from our future (works out great for boomer who will die before it affects them too much )
