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I have no #finance background at all but it seems like simple arithmetic to say as the world's #population stops growing, inflation will fall away. It seems like a problem that will solve itself.

I'm sure that will bring far worse problems in its wake, but it will solve the #inflation problem in a be careful what you wish for sense.

Unless I'm missing something?
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Corban 1y ago

I’m curious, how do you think inflation issues will subside as population growth tapers off?

From my perspective, they are not related. I believe inflation, at its root, is a monetary phenomenon caused my increasing the money supply.

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Silner 1y ago

As the #population falls the number of #buyers will fall, and there will be relatively fewer buyers compared to each raw material. Consequently, the #price of raw materials will fall and everything built on that will fall with it.

It's not something I've ever read, but I've never read anything to contradict it either. The problem is, nothing is immune to this effect. Everything from #Oil to #BTC will lose some of its rarity as less people want them but the amount available stays the same.

It's the side of supply and demand that's never been tested. #Capitalism relies on #rarity to store #value. It's the elephant in the room.