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Michael Matulef
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How Inflationary Money Causes the Affordability Crisis

Contrary to the state-informed economists that make their living using technocratic arguments on behalf of the state, deflation is not a bad thing at all. Rather, it is a natural state of human affairs that encourages good decision-making by the consumer. Where there is deflation, I can get an increase in purchasing power by simply not spending my money. This means that when one goes to buy something, they must make the tradeoff between having some goods now and having more goods and services laterβ€”a natural tradeoff to make.

On the other hand, under inflation, we are incentivized to spend money on literally anything as it will necessarily be more expensive in the future. In this case, the value of money depreciates, which means you can choose between some goods now and fewer goods and services in the future.

https://mises.org/wire/how-inflationary-money-causes-affordability-crisis#:~:text=This%20increased%20production%20of%20money,specific%20goods%20they%20were%20buying.

https://fountain.fm/episode/ycBUVQKr8jO5bXY8RzLb

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Credit expansion cannot increase the supply of real goods. It merely brings about a rearrangement. It diverts capital investment away from the course prescribed by the state of economic wealth and market conditions. It causes production to pursue paths which it would not follow unless the economy were to acquire an increase in material goods. As a result, the upswing lacks a solid base. It is not real prosperity. It is illusory prosperity. It did not develop from an increase in economic wealth. Rather, it arose because the credit expansion created the illusion of such an increase. Sooner or later it must become apparent that this economic situation is built on sand.

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