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Inflation Disproportionately Hurts the Poor

30 pointsby throwkeepalmost 4 years ago

5 comments

kybernetikosalmost 4 years ago
Unfortunately I can&#x27;t read the article because it requires a subscription.<p>The conclusion is surprising to me though - poor people generally spend what they get paid on what they need. I would have assumed that this means that if their pay is increasing at the same rate as their costs, inflation isn&#x27;t hurting them much at all.<p>If their pay isn&#x27;t increasing at the same rate as their costs, I&#x27;d consider that a phenomenon different to inflation, and blame that.<p>On the other hand, it seems like inflation would hurt people with large quantities of uninvested cash the most.
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randyrandalmost 4 years ago
Welfare disproportionately goes to the poor for these sorts of reasons.
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haspokenalmost 4 years ago
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Finnucanealmost 4 years ago
We should have policies to make the poor less poor.
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Gibbon1almost 4 years ago
Also wsj: Increases in rents are not &#x27;inflation&#x27;